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Lampridae (also
spelled Lamprididae). The
family comprises two genera:
Lampris (from
Ancient Gr**** λαμπρός (lamprós) 'brilliant, clear') and the monotypic...
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Lampris guttatus,
commonly known as the opah, cravo, moonfish, kingfish, and
Jerusalem haddock, is a large, colorful, deep-bodied
pelagic lampriform fish...
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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. The
species is found...
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Lampris zatima is the
oldest known opah of the
genus Lampris, from the Late
Miocene of
Southern California (the
giant opah of the
genus Megalampris, of...
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centra preserved are 90 mm across.
Comparison with the
skeletons of
living Lampris species suggest the
giant fish was
around 4
metres (13 ft) in
length when...
- lamp- shine,
torch Gr**** λάμπειν (lámpein), λαμπάς (lampás) lamp, lamprid,
Lampris lapid-
stone Latin lapis,
lapidis dilapidate, dilapidation, lapidarian...
- "shaped (like the)
bright (one)", as "lampr-",
meaning bright,
comes from
lampris, the
generic name for the opah. In contrast, most
other living lampriforms...
- (15 May 2015). "Whole-body
endothermy in a
mesopelagic fish, the opah,
Lampris guttatus". Science. 348 (6236): 786–789. Bibcode:2015Sci...348..786W. doi:10...
- Hyde R. Science. "Whole-body
endothermy in a
mesopelagic fish, the opah,
Lampris guttatus". pp. 786–789.
Retrieved May 14, 2015. "Warm
Blood Makes Opah...
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refer to:
Argyrosomus ****onicus or ****anese
meagre (Australia) Opah or
Lampris guttatus (United Kingdom)
Kanadi kingfish or
Scomberomorus plurilineatus...
