Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Lampriformes
Family: Lampridae Opahs

Genus: Lampris

(See list of species below)


Select Class:     Select Order:   
Select Family: Subfamily:     Select Genus:
Select Ocean (marine/brackish) or Continent (freshwater):
Select a country:
Only include species occuring above: m
Total number of spines in dorsal and anal fins (optional).      Enter total length (TL) and maximum body depth (BD)
Show family drawing(s)



6 species (see list below)
Export file

1 of 1 Jump to:
No picture found

Max. Length 87 cm SL
 
Lampris australensis
[Southern spotted opah]

Photo by Mincarone, M.M.

North Atlantic
Max. Length 100.5 cm SL
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]
No picture found

Max. Length 82.6 cm SL
 
Lampris incognitus
[Smalleye Pacific opah]
No picture found

Max. Length 90.5 cm SL
 
Lampris lauta
[East Atlantic opah]
No picture found

Max. Length 85.3 cm SL
 
Lampris megalopsis
[Bigeye Pacific opah]


Sort by: Species Length Year
1 of 1 Jump to:
Export file
n = 6

Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Lampris australensis Southern spotted opah Southern hemisphere 87 SL 2018
Lampris guttatus Opah North Atlantic 100.5 SL 1788
Lampris immaculatus Southern opah Circumglobal in the south 110 TL 1904
Lampris incognitus Smalleye Pacific opah Central and Northeast Pac 82.6 SL 2018
Lampris lauta East Atlantic opah East Atlantic 90.5 SL 1838
Lampris megalopsis Bigeye Pacific opah Cosmopolitan. 85.3 SL 2018



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.
Back to Search
Back to Top
cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013