Opah

Opah
Temporal range:
Lampris guttatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Lampriformes
Family: Lampridae
Gill, 1862
Genus: Lampris
Retzius, 1799
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The opah, also commonly known as moonfish, sunfish (not to be confused with Molidae or ocean sunfish), cowfish, kingfish, and redfin ocean pan are large, colorful, deep-bodied pelagic lampriform fishes comprising the genus Lampris, of the small family Lampridae (also spelled Lamprididae).