Fish > Ray-finned Fish
OverviewThe Opah (Lampris guttatus), also celebrated worldwide as the moonfish, sunfish, or Jerusalem haddock, is a magnificent, deep-bodied pelagic marine teleost that achieved biological fame in 2015 when marine biologists made a historic discovery: it is the first...
Fish > Ray-finned Fish
OverviewThe Striped Marlin (Kajikia audax) is one of the ocean’s most breathtaking, hydrodynamically advanced apex pelagic billfish, cruising the sunlit epipelagic zones of the Indo-Pacific. Belonging to the family Istiophoridae alongside sailfish and spearfish,...
Fish > Pelagic Fish
AT A GLANCECommon Name: Rainbow RunnerScientific Name: Elagatis bipinnulataCategory: FishSubcategory: Pelagic FishSize: Total length 80 to 120 cm (31 to 47 in); maximum up to 180 cm (71 in)Weight: 4 to 12 kg (8.8 to 26 lb); record specimens up to 21 kg (46...
