Lampris guttatus. Opha. This fish known as the opah, moonfish or Jerusalem haddock. This is a large, colorful, deep-bodied pelagic lampriform fish belonging to the family Lampridae. This specimen was collected off Samcheok, East Sea, Korea in Nov. 2014. National Institute of Fisheries Science donated this specimen in 2015.
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