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Lampris australensis, the southern spotted opah, is a large, colorful, deep-bodied pelagic lampriform fish belonging to the family Lampridae, which comprises the genus Lampris. It is found in the subtropical and warm temperate southern hemisphere.
The opah has a thick layer of fat that insulates its internal organs and cranium from the surrounding water. However, fat alone is insufficient to retain heat within a fish's body. The gills are the main point of heat loss in fishes as this is where blood from the entire body must continuously be brought in close contact with the surrounding water.
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.
Researchers say they've discovered the first known fully warm-blooded fish. It's called the opah, or moonfish, and it lives in cold environments deep below the ocean's surface. Scientists say the ...
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.
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Lampris immaculatus, commonly known as the southern opah or southern moonfish, is a species of fish native to the Southern Ocean. [2] The species is found commonly in New Zealand waters. They are caught commercially using long-line fishery in New Zealand.
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