Lampris guttatus

species

“Jerusalem Haddock”, “Moonfish”, “Opah”, “Sunfish”, “Arokura”, “Cravo”, “Glacefish”, “Gudlax”, “Kingfish”, “Mariposa”, “Ocean Moonfish”, “Opal Fish”, “San Pedrofish”, “Spotted Opah”, “Spotted Moonfish”

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Lampris guttatus, commonly known as the opah, cravo, moonfish, kingfish, and Jerusalem haddock, is a large, colorful, deep-bodied pelagic lampriform fish belonging to the family Lampridae, which comprises the genus Lampris. It is a pelagic fish with a worldwide distribution. While it is common to locations such as Hawaii and west Africa, it remains uncommon in others, including the Mediterranean. In the places where L. guttatus is prevalent, it is not a target of fishing, though it does represent an important commercial component of bycatch. It is common in restaurants in Hawaii. In Hawaiian longline fisheries, it is generally caught in deep nets targeting big-eye tuna. In 2005, the fish caught numbered 13,332. In areas where the fish is uncommon, such as the Mediterranean, its prevalence…