Lampris guttatus: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the lampris guttatus lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Lampris guttatus
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	Europe, Oceania
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Lampriformes
Family	Lampridae

Where does the lampris guttatus live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the lampris guttatus in 3 countries and territories across Europe and Oceania. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the lampris guttatus endangered?

The lampris guttatus’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the lampris guttatus?

The lampris guttatus (Lampris guttatus) is a ray-finned fish in the order Lampriformes and the family Lampridae, genus Lampris. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the lampris guttatus

Lampris guttatus, commonly known as the opah, cravo, moonfish, kingfish, and Jerusalem haddock, is a large, colorful, deep-bodied pelagic lampriform fish belonging to the family Lampridae, which comprises the genus Lampris.

It is a pelagic fish with a worldwide distribution. While it is common to locations such as Hawaii and west Africa, it remains uncommon in others, including the Mediterranean.

In the places where L. guttatus is prevalent, it is not a target of fishing, though it does represent an important commercial component of bycatch. It is common in restaurants in Hawaii. In Hawaiian longline fisheries, it is generally caught in deep nets targeting bigeye tuna. In 2005, the fish caught numbered 13,332. In areas where the fish is uncommon, such as the Mediterranean, its prevalence is increasing. Some researchers believe this a result of climate change.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Lampris guttatus (revision 1369852835), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q2021864 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).