Growing up to 4 feet long and weighing up to 180 pounds, opah (Lampris spp.) or “moonfish,” are a closely related group of six large pelagic fish species found worldwide in temperate and tropical waters, […]
As commercial fishermen sold their catch at the busy United Fishing Agency (UFA) auction house in Honolulu, Hawaii, fish buyer Garrett Kitazaki noticed something curious about the opah changing hands: some had much bigger […]
New research by NOAA Fisheries has revealed the opah, or moonfish, as the first fully warm-blooded fish that circulates heated blood throughout its body much like mammals and birds, giving it a competitive advantage in […]
NOAA scientists have discovered the ocean’s first fully warm-blooded fish. The opah, also known as the moonfish, maintains its body temperature by circulating warm blood through its body. The opah roams the depths of the […]
If you want to protect a species, you have to know where it is. That can be difficult in the ocean, where animals are often hidden beneath the waves. To find out where ocean animals […]
It’s unusual to catch one opah on a sportfishing boat, but anglers out of San Diego manage to land three of the brightly colored ‘moonfish’ on one day. Anglers aboard the San Diego-based Excel have […]
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