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A large, oval-shaped, vividly colored marine fish (Lampris regius) that has edible red flesh. Also called moonfish.

[Of West African origin; akin to Igbo uba.]

opah [ˈəʊpə]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large soft-finned deep-sea teleost fish, Lampris regius (or luna), of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and the Mediterranean Sea, having a deep, brilliantly coloured body: family Lampridae Also called moonfish kingfish

[of West African origin]

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opah - large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean

Lampris regius, moonfish

malacopterygian, soft-finned fish - any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii

genus Lampris, Lampris - type genus of the Lampridae

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opah (redirected from Lamprididae)

opah
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