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opah
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o·pah  (p)
n.
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]
n
(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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Noun1.opah - large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterraneanopah - 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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We have observed from other tags on opahs what we believe are mortalities; these occur shortly after tagging and show that the tag reaches depths in excess of 1000 m before detaching when the emergency pressure release in the tag is triggered.
Evidence of shark predation and scavenging on fishes equipped with ... by Kerstetter, David W.; Polovina, Jeffery J.; Graves, John E. / Fishery Bulletin
 
 
 
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