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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).
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 ...
Selene peruviana, the Peruvian moonfish or Pacific moonfish, [1] is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Carangidae. It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
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 ...
Like the Atlantic moonfish, it has a deep, rhombus-shaped, laterally-compressed body. [3] The head has the mouth set low and the eyes high. The overall profile of the head is concave. [3] The caudal fin is forked, as in the pompanos, while the pectoral fin is scythe-like and reaches the middle of the second dorsal fin. [3]
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Monodactylus argenteus is a species of fish in the family Monodactylidae, the moonyfishes.Its common names include silver moonyfish, or natal moony, [2] butter bream, and diamondfish. [3]