sablefish

[ sey-buhl-fish ]

noun

, plural (especially collectively) sa·ble·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) sa·ble·fish·es.

1. a large, blackish food fish, Anoplopoma fimbria, inhabiting waters of the North Pacific Ocean.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sablefish¹

First recorded in 1800–10; sable + fish

Example Sentences

This includes salmon as well as mackerel, trout, herring, sablefish/black cod, sardines, bluefin tuna, whitefish and striped bass.

From Seattle Times

Sablefish longliners have tried many tactics to fend them off, including blasting heavy metal music from the decks.

From Seattle Times

Commercial aquaculture proponents are already contesting the ban, and continuing to push projects like a pilot for farming sablefish in Puget Sound.

From Seattle Times

As far as the fish, if you go to a Nobu or something like that where the original miso cod was or sablefish was introduced, I wanted to have something that I think that the home cook could actually execute very easily that has good flavors, a very simple recipe, a matter just mixing up some miso and honey, a little sake, season it up, and let the fish marinate in that.

From Salon

Sablefish, also known as black cod, live up and down the West Coast in depths surpassing 3,000 feet.

From Seattle Times