Sunfish vs Opah - What's the difference?
sunfish | opah | Synonyms |
Any of various small freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae, often with iridescent colours and having a laterally compressed body.
Any of various large marine fishes of the family Molidae that have an oval compressed body.
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 ,
Opah is a synonym of sunfish.
As nouns the difference between sunfish and opah
is that sunfish is any of various small freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae, often with iridescent colours and having a laterally compressed body while opah is any of various large, colourful, deep-bodied pelagic fish of the family Lamprididae.sunfish
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(wikipedia sunfish)Noun
(en-noun)opah
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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.
