Other identification tools | FishBase

Fish Identification: Find Species


Family: Lampridae Opah



(See list of species below)


Select Class:     Select Order:   
Select Family: Subfamily:     Select Genus:
Select Ocean (marine/brackish) or Continent (freshwater):
                                                          Specify a country:
Total number of spines in dorsal and anal fins (optional)

2 species (see list below)

1 of 1 Jump to:

Photo by Mincarone, M.M.

Worldwide in tropical to
Max. Length 200 cm TL
Lampris guttatus (Brünnich, 1788)

Photo by Mincarone, M.M.
 
Lampris guttatus
[Opah]

Photo by Duhamel, G.

Circumglobal in the south
Max. Length 110 cm TL
Lampris immaculatus Gilchrist, 1904

Photo by Duhamel, G.
 
Lampris immaculatus
[Southern opah]
2 Species of Family Lampridae
(Opah)
Sort by: Species Length Year
1 of 1 Jump to:
Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1788 Lampris guttatus Opah Worldwide in tropical to 200 TL
1904 Lampris immaculatus Southern opah Circumglobal in the south 110 TL



Other identification tools in FishBase


Quick Identification
Identification keys
Identification by morphometrics
Identification by pictures:
          If you already know the Family, go to Search FishBase, select Family and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the family.

          If you already know the Country, go to Search FishBase, select Country and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the country.

          If you already know the Ecosystem, go to Search FishBase, select Ecosystem and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the ecosystem.
cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013