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Lampris guttatus (Brünnich, 1788)

Opah
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Faeroe Islands country information

Common names: Laksastyrja
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/fo.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Palmer, G., 1986
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Lampriformes (Velifers, tube-eyes and ribbonfishes) > Lampridae (Opahs)
Etymology: Lampris: Greek, lampros = light (Ref. 45335);  guttatus: Species name form the Latin' regius' meaning king's (Ref. 6885).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathypelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 500 m (Ref. 89422), usually ? - 366 m (Ref. 5951).   Deep-water; 75°N - 60°S, 180°W - 180°E

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