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Lampris quttatus
Opah O"pah, n. (Zo["o]l.) A large oceanic fish (Lampris quttatus), inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean. It is remarkable for its brilliant colors, which are red, green, and blue, with tints of purple and gold, covered with round silvery spots. Called also king of the herrings.

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- species of Lampris have mostly non-overlapping geographical ranges, and can be recognized based on body shape and coloration pattern. Lampris australensis...
- Lampris guttatus, commonly known as the opah, cravo, moonfish, kingfish, and Jerusalem haddock, is a large, colorful, deep-bodied pelagic lampriform fish...
- Lampris australensis, the southern spotted opah, is a large, colorful, deep-bodied pelagic lampriform fish belonging to the family Lampridae, which comprises...
- "shaped (like the) bright (one)", as "lampr-", meaning bright, comes from lampris, the generic name for the opah. In contrast, most other living lampriforms...
- Lampris immaculatus, commonly known as the southern opah or southern moonfish, is a species of fish native to the Southern Ocean. The species is found...
- refer to: Argyrosomus ****onicus or ****anese meagre (Australia) Opah or Lampris guttatus (United Kingdom) Kanadi kingfish or Scomberomorus plurilineatus...
- moonyfishes) Ocean sunfish is called "moon fish" in many languages Opah, genus Lampris Genus Citharinus, especially Citharinus citharus Genus Mene Mene maculata...
- centra preserved are 90 mm across. Comparison with the skeletons of living Lampris species suggest the giant fish was around 4 metres (13 ft) in length when...
- Lampris zatima is the oldest known opah of the genus Lampris, from the Late Miocene of Southern California (the giant opah of the genus Megalampris, of...
- Runcie, Rosa; et al. (2009). "Evidence for cranial endothermy in the opah (Lampris guttatus)". J Exp Biol. 212 (4): 461–470. Predatory fish on AquaticCommunity...