Tell me more about Opah
Opahs are fish, often called moonfish or sunfish. They are colorful lampriform fishes.
How many species of this fish are there?
There are two of them. One in most tropical to temperate oceans, the other is in the Southern Ocean south of 34 degrees South
I have never heard of them until now, is the fish and endangered species?
to a circumglobal distribution in the Southern Ocean, with the 34°S as its northern limit. Two additional species, one in the genus "Lampris" and the other in the monotypic "Megalampris", are only known from fossil remains. The extinct family, Turkmenidae, from the Paleogene of Central Asia, is closely related, though much smaller.
Opah specimens are rarely caught by recreational anglers. They are prized trophies for deep-water anglers as their large size and attractive form lend themselves well to taxidermy.
Opah
Opahs (also commonly known as moonfish, sunfish (not to be confused with Molidae), kingfish, redfin ocean pan, and Jerusalem haddock) are large, colorful, deep-bodied pelagic lampriform fishes comprising the small family Lampridae (also spelled Lamprididae). Only two living species occur in a single genus: "Lampris" (from the Greek "lamprid-", "brilliant" or "clear"). One species is found in tropical to temperate waters of most oceans, while the other is limited