Opah
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| Lampris guttatus | |
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| Family: | Lampridae
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| Genus: | Lampris Retzius, 1799
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Opahs (moonfish, kingfish, or sunfish) are large, colorful fish. They are in a small family, the Lampridae. The family has only two living species in one genus, Lampris. The opah is the only known fish that is completely warm-blooded.[2]
One species lives in tropical or temperate waters in most oceans. The other species lives in the Southern Ocean. Opahs are not often caught by recreational fishermen. Opah flesh has a light pink-to-orange color. The flesh turns white when cooked.
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References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
- ↑ Yong, Ed 2015. Meet the Comical Opah, the only truly warm-blooded fish. National Geographic, 14 May. [1]
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