Opah vs Kingfish - What's the difference?
opah | kingfish |
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 ),
* 2006 , Sharon Hamblin, Adventure Guide Maui ,
* 2013 , Roy Yamaguchi, John Harrisson, Roy's Fish and Seafood: Recipes from the Pacific Rim ,
Any of several food fishes of the genus from the Atlantic; kingcroaker
Other Atlantic fish
# opah (United Kingdom)
# white croaker (United Kingdom)
# wahoo (Barbados)
# (king mackerel)
Any of several similar fishes of the Pacific.
# (narrow-barred Spanish mackerel) (Australia)
# (Japanese meagre) (Australia)
# yellowtail amberjack Seriola lalandi (Australia, New Zealand)
# (silver gemfish) (Australia)
Caranx
# (crevalle jack) (Mauritania)
# (giant trevally) (sometimes travelli ) (South Africa)
cobia, Rachycentron canadum , of warm waters globally.
As nouns the difference between opah and kingfish
is that opah is any of various large, colourful, deep-bodied pelagic fish of the family lampridae while kingfish is any of several food fishes of the genus (taxlink) from the atlantic; kingcroaker.opah
English
Noun
(en-noun)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.
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.
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.