FAMILY Lampridae Gill, 1862 - opahs [=Lampridoidae] Notes: Spelling in prevailing recent practice Lampridoidae Gill, 1862k:240 [ref. 1664] (family) Lampris [stem changed to Lampr- by Moreau 1881:v.2 483 [ref. 3040], confirmed by Jordan & Evermann 1896a:953 [ref. 2443], by Jordan 1923a:166 [ref. 2421], by Nelson 1976:180 [ref. 32838], by McAllister 1990:128 [ref. 14674], by Eschmeyer 1998:2466 [ref. 23416] and by Nelson 2006:227–228 [ref. 32486]; family name sometimes seen as Lamprididae]

GENUS Lampris Retzius 1799 - opahs, moonfish, sunfish, kingfish, redfin ocean pan, Jerusalem haddock [=Lampris Retzius [A. J.], 1799:97, Chrysotosus Lacepède [B. G. E.], 1802:586, Echemythes Gistel [J.], 1848:VIII] Notes: [ref. 3706]. Masc. Zeus guttatus Brünnich, 1788. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Lampris Retzius, 1799 -- (Palmer 1973:328 [ref. 7195], Parin & Kukuev 1983:3 [ref. 22866], Olney 1984:369 [ref. 13656], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:116 [ref. 6441], Palmer in Whitehead et al. 1986:725 [ref. 13676], Heemstra 1986:398 [ref. 5660], Paxton et al. 1989:396 [ref. 12442], Gon 1990:215 [ref. 21680], Olney et al. 1993 [ref. 21802], Gomon et al. 1994:427 [ref. 22532], Piacentino & Mugetti 1994:47 [ref. 25654], Wiley et al. 1998:423 [ref. 25588], Olney 1999:1968 [ref. 24751], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:258 [ref. 25968], Collette 2003:952 [ref. 26981], Paxton & Gates 2006:536 [ref. 29007], Bray 2008:297 [ref. 30620], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:120 [ref. 31212], Roberts 2012:54 [ref. 32187]). Current status: Valid as Lampris Retzius, 1799. Lampridae. (Chrysotosus) [ref. 4929]. Masc. Zeus luna Gmelin, 1789. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Lampris Retzius, 1799 -- (Palmer 1973:328 [ref. 7195]). Current status: Synonym of Lampris Retzius, 1799. Lampridae. (Echemythes) [ref. 1822]. Masc. Zeus luna Gmelin, 1789. Type by being a replacement name. Unneeded replacement for and objective synonym of Chrysotosus Lacepède, 1802; no reason given by Gistel for the new name. Treated as masculine (Art. 30.2.4). •Synonym of Lampris Retzius, 1799 -- (Palmer 1973:328 [ref. 7195]). Current status: Synonym of Lampris Retzius, 1799. Lampridae.

Species Lampris guttatus (Brunnich, 1788) - opah [=Zeus guttatus Brünnich [M. T.], 1788:398, Pl. A, Scomber gunneri Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.], 1801:38, Zeus imperialis Shaw [G.], in Shaw & Nodder, 1793:no page number, Pl. 140, Lampris lauta Lowe [R. T.], 1838:183, Zeus luna Gmelin [J. F.], 1789:1225, Zeus opah Berkenhout [J.] (ex Pennant), 1789:72, Zeus opah Shaw [G.], 1803:287, Pl. 42, Scomber pelagicus Gunnerus [J. E.], 1768:92, Pl. 12, Zeus regius Bonnaterre [J. P.] (ex Pennant), 1788:72, Pl. 39 (fig. 155), Zeus stroemii Walbaum [J. J.], 1792:398] Notes: [Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrivter, Nye Samling af det v. 3; ref. 21412] Elsinore [Helsingør], Denmark, western Baltic Sea. Current status: Valid as Lampris guttatus (Brünnich, 1788). Lampridae. Distribution: Circumglobal in subtropical and temperate seas and to northern boreal or subarctic waters (including Mediterranean Sea and Hawaiian Islands). Habitat: marine. (gunneri) [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Seas of Norway. Current status: Synonym of Lampris guttatus (Brünnich, 1788). Lampridae. Habitat: marine. (imperialis) [The Naturalist's Miscellany; ref. 4013] Europe. Current status: Synonym of Lampris guttatus (Brünnich 1788). Lampridae. Habitat: marine. (lauta) [Transactions of the Zoological Society of London v. 2 (pt 3, art. 14); ref. 2831] Off Madeira. Current status: Synonym of Lampris guttatus (Brünnich, 1788). Lampridae. Habitat: marine. (luna) [Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 3); ref. 18139] Normandy, France. Current status: Synonym of Lampris guttatus (Brünnich, 1788). Lampridae. Habitat: marine. (opah) [Synopsis of the natural history of Great-Britain and Ireland v. 1; ref. 12437] United Kingdom. Current status: Synonym of Lampris guttatus (Brünnich, 1788). Lampridae. Habitat: marine. (opah) [General zoology or systematic natural history v. 4; ref. 4014] Mediterranean Sea and North Sea. Current status: Synonym of Lampris guttatus (Brünnich, 1788). Lampridae. (pelagicus) [Skrifter, det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab v. 4; ref. 30279] Current status: Synonym of Lampris guttatus (Brünnich, 1788). Lampridae. (regius) [Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie; ref. 4940] Torbay, English Channel, England. Current status: Synonym of Lampris guttatus (Brünnich, 1788). Lampridae. Habitat: marine. (stroemii) [Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium Part 3; ref. 4572] Norway. Current status: Synonym of Lampris guttatus (Brünnich 1788). Lampridae. Habitat: marine.

Species Lampris immaculatus Gilchrist, 1908 - Southern opah [=Lampris immaculata Gilchrist [J. D. F.], 1904:4, Pl. 22] Notes: [Marine Investigations in South Africa. v. 3; ref. 1646] Beach at Muizenberg, False Bay, South Africa. Current status: Valid as Lampris immaculatus Gilchrist, 1904. Lampridae. Distribution: Circumglobal in Southern Hemisphere. Habitat: marine