Smalleye Pacific Opah

Lampris incognitus

Eighty Two Point Six Centimeters Lamprid Fish of Northeast Pacific

Tropical
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Compressed cross-section
Large
Tropical fish

Lampris incognitus, the small-eye Pacific opah, is a bathypelagic, marine; ray-finned fish of the infraclass Teleostei. It belongs to the order Lampriformes, and is in the family Lampridae. It is endemic to the "transpacific" (East & Central and/or West Pacific Ocean).

Class: Teleosts
Order: Opahs, Oarfishes, and Allies
Family: Lampridae
Genus: Lampris
Maximum length: 82.6 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Central and Northeast Pacific.

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