Bigeye Opah
Lampris megalopsis Underkoffler, Luers, Hyde & Craig, 2018
Also calledAkamambo (jpn) · Peixe-sol-olhudo (por) · opah (por) · papagaio (por) · peixe-cravo (por) · peixe-lua (por) · アカマンボウ (jpn)
First described in: Underkoffler, K. E.; Luers, M. A.; Hyde, J. R.; Craig, M. T. (2018). A taxonomic review of Lampris guttatus (Brünnich 1788) Lampridiformes; Lampridae) with descriptions of three new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4413(3): 551.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
Bigeye Pacific Opah. Maximum length to at least 124 cm (48.8 in) FL (Matthew Craig, pers. comm. to M. L.) and undocumented to 183 cm (72 in) TL (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983). Circumglobal; at least California and Chile (John Hyde, pers. comm. to M. L.). Pelagic, oceanic; depth: surface to perhaps 736 m (2,414 ft) (Polovina et al. 2008).
Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2. — General distribution: circumglobal in tropical and temperate waters. Bathypelagic, 100 – 500 m depth. Marine.
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
materials_examined
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens observed by Jeff Kinch during CFMDP Survey at Kavieng fish market in 2004 – 2005.
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
description
Description. Dorsal-fin rays I, 51 (I, 50 – 51); anal-fin rays 38 (38); pectoral-fin rays 23 (22 – 23); pelvic-fin rays 15 (14 – 15). Body laterally compressed and rounded, its greatest depth contained 1.5 times in standard length; head length contained 2.8 (2.8) times in standard length; vertical eye diameter contained 4.7 (4.5 – 4.7) times in head length; jaws protractible and lacking teeth; upper jaw shorter than lower jaw; lower jaw protrudes slightly forward of upper jaw, the tip narrowing to a blunt point; throat and palate without teeth. Lateral line angled above gill opening, arching above pectoral fins, and extending along mid-height of body through center of caudal peduncle. Scales small, thin, and easily removed over entire body. Dorsal fin comparatively short, the length of its base contained 1.8 (1.8) times in standard length, its height contained 3.2 (2.7 – 3.2) in standard length. Origin of pelvic fin below or anterior to middle of elongated portion of dorsal fin, its length contained 2.5 (2.5) times in SL.
A taxonomic review of Lampris guttatus (Brünnich 1788) (Lampridiformes; Lampridae) with descriptions of three new species
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 9664831.