 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source .(August 2024) |
| Southern spotted opah | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lampriformes |
| Family: | Lampridae |
| Genus: | Lampris |
| Species: | L. australensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Lampris australensis Underkoffler, 2018 | |
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 .
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]
