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Opahs, also commonly known as moonfish, sunfish, cowfish (not to be confused with Molidae), kingfish, and redfin ocean pan are large, colorful, deep-bodied pelagic lampriform fishes comprising the small family Lampridae (also spelled Lamprididae).
Lampris guttatus, commonly known as the opah, cravo, moonfish, kingfish, and Jerusalem haddock, is a large, colorful, deep-bodied pelagic lampriform fish belonging to the family Lampridae, which comprises the genus Lampris. It is a pelagic fish with a worldwide distribution.
Moonfish may refer to several groups of fishes: Family Monodactylidae (properly moonyfishes) Ocean sunfish is called "moon fish" in many languages; Opah, genus Lampris; Genus Citharinus, especially Citharinus citharus; Genus Mene. Mene maculata, only extant member of the genus; Selene; Atlantic spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber) Cusk (fish ...
Mene maculata, the moonfish, is the only extant member of the genus Mene and of the family Menidae. The body is highly compressed laterally and very deep vertically. The ventral profile is steep, with a sharp ventral edge. The caudal (tail) fin is deeply forked. The mouth is small and protrusible.
Selene setapinnis was formally described by the American ichthyologist Samuel L. Mitchill as Zeus setapinnis in 1815 with the type locality given as the Bay of New York, New York, U.S.A. [3] The generic name Selene is from the Greek for "moon", referring to the vague moon-shape of S. vomer while the specific name is a compound of seta meaning "bristle" and pinnis meaning "fin" and refers to ...
Moonfish and another pilot Andriy Pilshchikov, known by the call sign “Juice,” became the faces of Ukraine’s campaign to get the F-16s. It was an uphill battle, but Juice and Moonfish pulled ...
Lampriformes / ˈ l æ m p r ɪ f ɔːr m iː z / is an order of ray-finned fish.Members are collectively called lamprids (which is more properly used for the Lampridae) or lampriforms, and unite such open-ocean and partially deep-sea Teleostei as the crestfishes, oarfish, opahs, and ribbonfishes.
Moonfish said that if the F-16s were in Ukraine right now, one of the main tasks would be repelling waves of Russian drone and missile attacks. “The software [on the F-16] is constantly being ...