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Lampris guttatus  (Brünnich, 1788)

Opah
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Common names: Moonfish, Opah, Saumon des Dieux
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Uses: no uses
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Classificação / Names

Actinopterygii (peixes com raios nas barbatanas) > Lampriformes (Velifers, tube-eyes and ribbonfishes) > Lampridae (Opah)
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Common names from other countries

Referência principal

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Max length : 200 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 5188); common length : 120 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 5217); Peso máx. publicado: 270.0 kg (Ref. 5188)

Ambiente

; marinhas batipelágico; oceanódromo (Ref. 51243); intervalo de profundidade 0 - 500 m (Ref. 89422), usually ? - 366 m (Ref. 5951)

Clima / Intervalo

Deep-water, preferred 23°C (Ref. 107945); 75°N - 60°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribuição

Worldwide in tropical to temperate waters (Ref. 57923). Western Atlantic: Grand Banks and Nova Scotia (Canada) to Florida (USA), Gulf of Mexico and the West Indies (Ref. 7251) up to Argentina (Ref. 47377). Eastern Atlantic: Norway and Greenland to Senegal (Ref. 6737) and south of Angola (Ref. 6476) also Mediterranean. Eastern Pacific: Gulf of Alaska to south of southern California (Ref. 265). A single capture in South Georgia marks an incidental occurrence in Southern Ocean.
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Descrição breve

Espinhos dorsais (total): 0; Raios dorsais moles (total): 48-55; Espinhos anais 0; Raios anais moles: 33 - 41; Vértebras: 43. Caudal fin broadly lunate; pectorals long and falcate; pelvic fins similar to pectoral fins in shape and a little longer (Ref. 6885). Dark steely blue dorsally shading into green with silver and purple iridescence, belly rosy, body covered with silvery spots in irregular rows, light mottling on caudal and dorsal fins; vermillion on fins and jaws, golden around eyes (Ref. 6885).

Biologia     Glossário (ex. epibenthic)

Oceanic and apparently solitary (Ref. 6737). Epi- and mesopelagic (Ref. 58302). Feeds on midwater fishes and invertebrates, mainly squids (Ref. 6737). Probably spawns in the spring (Ref. 6885). Occasionally taken as a by-catch of tuna fisheries. Considered a good food fish (Ref. 5242); marketed fresh and frozen; prepared as sashimi (Ref. 9987). Swims by flapping the pectoral fins (Ref. 36731).

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 115185)

Ameaça para o homem

  Harmless



Utilização humana

Pescarias: pouco comercial; peixe desportivo: sim

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD50 = 1.0000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Nível Trófico (Ref. 69278)
4.2   ±0.62 se; Based on food items.

Resiliência (Ref. 69278)
Baixo, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 4,5 - 14 anos (Assuming tm>4)

Vulnerabilidade (Ref. 59153)
High vulnerability (60 of 100)
Categoria de preço (Ref. 80766)
Very high