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Lampris australensis, the southern spotted opah, is a large, colorful, deep-bodied pelagic lampriform fish belonging to the family Lampridae, which comprises the genus Lampris.
| Southern spotted opah | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lampriformes |
| Family: | Lampridae |
| Genus: | Lampris |
| Species: | L. australensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Lampris australensis Underkoffler, 2018
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It is found in the subtropical and warm temperate southern hemisphere.[1]
A review in 2018 found that the widely distributed "L. guttatus" consisted of more than one species, such that several species including L. australensis were then differentiated from L. guttatus.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Underkoffler, Karen E.; Luers, Meagan A.; Hyde, John R.; Craig, Matthew T. (2018-04-23). "A taxonomic review of Lampris guttatus (Brünnich 1788) Lampridiformes; Lampridae) with descriptions of three new species". Zootaxa. 4413 (3). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4413.3.9. ISSN 1175-5334.
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