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Lampridae (Opahs)
Etymology: Lampris: Greek, lampros = light (Ref. 45335); australensis: Name from Latin ‘australis’ meaning ‘southern’, referring to the known range of the species in the southern hemisphere.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic. Subtropical
Southern hemisphere: circumglobal.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 87.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 126789)
This species is considered inedible and hence, discarded into the sea immediately after their capture (Ref. 138826).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Underkoffler, K.E., M.A. Luers, J.R. Hyde and M.T. Craig, 2018. A taxonomic review of Lampris guttatus (Brünnich 1788) (Lampridiformes; Lampridae) with descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa 4413(3):551-565. (Ref. 126789)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
4.3 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate to high vulnerability (48 of 100). 🛈 |