English

Researchers examine an opah (Lampris guttatus), which was later released

Noun

opah ‎(plural opahs or opah)

1. Any of various large, colourful, deep-bodied pelagic fish of the family Lamprididae.
   • 2003, Margaret M. Smith, Phillip C. Heemstra (editors), Smiths' Sea Fishes (Revision of 1977, James Leonard Brierley Smith, The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa), page 398,

     A member of the lower epipelagic community, the opah feeds on squid and fishes (including some benthic species) and is usually found well offshore.

   • 2006, Sharon Hamblin, Adventure Guide Maui, page 36,

     For a long time, opah has been thought to be good luck so it was only given away, never sold. Opah is a nonschooling open-ocean fish so it's not caught in great quantities.

   • 2013, Roy Yamaguchi, John Harrisson, Roy's Fish and Seafood: Recipes from the Pacific Rim, page 77,

     Opah is an extraordinary-looking ocean fish, with an almost perfectly round shape; a comparatively thin, flat profile; a silvery skin, and bright crimson fins.

Synonyms

• (fish of family Lampridae): Jerusalem haddock, kingfish, moonfish, redfin ocean pan, sunfish

Translations

References

1. 1 2 3 Oxford English Dictionary. 3rd ed. Jun 2004. OED Online, s.v. ‘opah, n.’

See also

• opah on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lampridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• HAPO