opah

Definitions

Any of various large, colourful, deep-bodied pelagic fish of the family Lamprididae.

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“2003, Margaret M. Smith, Phillip C. Heemstra (editors), Smiths' Sea Fishes (Revision of 1977, James Leonard Brierley Smith, The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa), page 398, A member of the lower epipelagic community, the opah feeds on squid and fishes (including some benthic species) and is usually found well offshore.”

“For a long time, opah has been thought to be good luck so it was only given away, never sold. Opah is a nonschooling open-ocean fish⟳ so it's not caught in great quantities.”

“Opah is an extraordinary-looking ocean fish⟳, with an almost perfectly round shape⟳; a comparatively thin, flat profile; a silvery skin, and bright crimson fins.”

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