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Description. Endothermy. Behavior. References. Opahs, also commonly known as moonfish, sunfish (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 ).
Opah, any of two species of large marine fish of the family Lampridae (order Lampridiformes). Both species are distinctively colored, blue above and rosy below, with scarlet fins and jaws and round white spots on the body. One species, Lampris guttatus, is the only known fully warm-blooded fish.
MOONFISH (OPAH) Scientific Name: Lampris regius. Hawaiian Name: None. Japanese Name: Akamanbo. Opah or moonfish is one of the most colorful of the commercial fish species available in Hawaii. A silvery-grey upper body color shades to a rose red dotted with white spots toward the belly.
Opah primarily forage on squid and deep water fish, such as barracudinas, a small elongated fish of up to 50 centimeters. Barracudinas are notable mid-water predators and they are an important food for large fish, such as tunas, swordfish, bigeye thresher shark and, evidently, opah.
Their white-speckled rosy orange bodies, bright crimson curved fins, large eyes, and iridescent coating make for a spectacularly gorgeous fish! While the largest species (the North Atlantic opah) can reach known weights of up to a couple hundred pounds, most of the opah caught are significantly smaller.
SCIENCE. NOT EXACTLY ROCKET SCIENCE. Meet the Comical Opah, the Only Truly Warm-Blooded Fish. By Ed Yong. May 14, 2015. • 6 min read. There’s nothing about the opah that says “fast-moving...
Researchers say the opah is the first fish known to be fully warmblooded, circulating heated blood throughout its body. NOAA/Reuters/Landov. Over decades of studying the oceans' fishes, some...
New research by NOAA Fisheries has revealed the opah, or moonfish, as the first fully warm-blooded fish that circulates heated blood throughout its body much like mammals and birds, giving it a competitive advantage in the cold ocean depths.
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.
The opah is the first fish species found to be fully warm-blooded, circulating heated blood throughout its body much like mammals and birds, research has revealed.