Lampris guttatus Opah

Lampris guttatus is commonly referred to as Opah. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

14209 

AphiaID:

126522 

Scientific:

Lampris guttatus 

German:

Gotteslachs 

English:

Opah 

Category:

Other Fishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopteri (Class) > Lampriformes (Order) > Lampridae (Family) > Lampris (Genus) > guttatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Brünnich, ), 1788 

Occurrence:

Barbados, West Sahara, Russland, Straße von Gibraltar, Tunesien, (the) Maldives, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Alaska East Coast USA, Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Australia, Azores, Bass Strait, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada Eastern Pacific, China, Circumtropic, Columbia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Curacao, Danmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Eastern Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, Egypt, European Coasts, Fiji, Florida, France, French Guiana, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Gulf of Alaska (Pacific), Gulf of California, Gulf of Maine, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kuril Islands, Madeira, Mauritania, Mayotte, Montenegro, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Oceanodromous, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Réunion , Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Scotland, Senegal, Slovenia, Somalia, South America, South Australia, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Tasmania (Australia), The Bahamas, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, the Faroe Islands, the Kermadec Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uruguay, Venezuela, Victoria (Australia), Western Australia 

Marine Zone:

Mesopelagial
Mesopelagic zone
lies between 200 to 1000 meters depth, thus it is considered the "twilight zone of the sea" between the light and dark depth zones. 

Sea depth:

0 - 500 Meter 

Habitats:

Open ocean, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 78.74" (200 cm) 

Weight:

270 kg 

Temperature:

5,0 °F - 19,9 °F (5,0°C - 19,9°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Aquatic plant, Carnivore, Clams, Codfish, Crabs, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Herbivorous, Herring, Hydrozoa polyps, Isopods, Jellyfish, Krill, Predatory, Schrimps, Sepia 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Lampris guttatus
  Gotteslachs
• Lampris immaculatus

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2021-10-25 10:35:20 

Last edit:

2026-05-28 19:36:57 

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