Opah

Opah; Temporal range: Late Miocene to present
	Lampris guttatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Lampriformes
Family:	Lampridae
Genus:	Lampris; Retzius, 1799

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.

Related pages[change | change source]

List of fish common names

References[change | change source]

↑ 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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[1] 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.

[2] Yong, Ed 2015. Meet the Comical Opah, the only truly warm-blooded fish. National Geographic, 14 May. [1]

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