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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;
Common names of fish can refer to a single species; to an entire group of species, such as a genus or family; or to multiple unrelated species or groups. Ambiguous common names are accompanied by their possible meanings. Scientific names for individual species and higher taxa are included in parentheses.
Hawaiian language name Common name Genus Scientific name Family Common family name Endemic; ... Moonfish: Lampris: L. guttatus: Lampridae [59] Moonfish: N Kihikihi [9]
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 ...
Scientific name Common Name Distribution Selene brevoortii (T. N. Gill, 1863) Hairfin lookdown: East Pacific where it is found from southernmost California, United States to northern Peru (occasionally south as far as Chile). Selene brownii (G. Cuvier, 1816) Caribbean moonfish