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Opah vs Kingfish - What's the difference?

opah | kingfish |

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)
  • 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

    References

    See also

    * (wikipedia "opah") * (Lampridae)

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    kingfish

    Noun

  • 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.
  • See also

    *yellowtail