genera of marine fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Opahs (moonfish, kingfish, or sunfish) are large, colorful fish. They are in a small family, the Lampridae. The family has only two living species in one genus, Lampris. The opah is the only known fish that is completely warm-blooded.[2]
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Lampris guttatus | |
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Family: | Lampridae |
Genus: | Lampris Retzius, 1799 |
One species lives in tropical or temperate waters in most oceans. The other species lives in the Southern Ocean. Opahs are not often caught by recreational fishermen. Opah flesh has a light pink-to-orange color. The flesh turns white when cooked.
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