What is Opah?
{{Taxobox | name = Opah | fossil_range = Late [[Miocene]] to present<ref>{{cite journal |last=Sepkoski |first=Jack |title=A compendium of fossil marine animal genera |journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology |volume=364 |page=560 |date=2002 |url=http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class |accessdate=8 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220223520/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class |archivedate=20 February 2009 }}</ref> | image = Moonfish 600.jpg | image_width = 200px | image_caption = ''[[Lampris guttatus]]'' | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordata]] | classis = [[Actinopterygii]] | ordo = [[Lampriformes]] | familia = '''Lampridae''' | genus = '''''Lampris''''' | genus_authority = [[Anders Jahan Retzius|Retzius]], 1799 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = }} '''Opahs''' (moonfish, kingfish, or sunfish) are large, [[color]]ful fish. They are in a small [[family (biology)|family]], the '''Lampridae'''. The family has only two living [[species]] in one [[genus]], '''''Lampris'''''. The opah is the only known fish that is completely [[Thermoregulation|warm-blooded]].<ref> Yong, Ed 2015. Meet the Comical Opah, the only truly warm-blooded fish. '''National Geographic''', 14 May. [http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2015/05/14/meet-the-comical-opah-the-only-truly-warm-blooded-fish/]</ref> One species lives in [[tropics|tropical]] or [[temperate zone|temperate]] waters in most [[ocean]]s. The other species lives in the [[Southern Ocean]]. Opahs are not often caught by [[recreation]]al [[fishing|fishermen]]. Opah flesh has a light pink-to-orange color. The flesh turns white when [[cooking|cooked]]. == Related pages == * [[List of fish common names]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Lampriformes]]