The opah is the only known fully warm-blooded fish that circulates heated blood throughout its body.
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Opah
//ˈoʊpə//
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Bulgarian
1 entries- опах noun (fish of the Lampridae family)
German
1 entries- Gotteslachs noun (fish of the Lampridae family)
Polish
1 entries- strojnik noun (fish of the Lampridae family)
Russian
1 entries- о́пах noun (fish of the Lampridae family)
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In 2015, researchers with the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center revealed the opah, or moonfish, as the first fully warm-blooded fish.
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Although not as warm as mammals and birds, the opah circulates heated blood throughout its body, giving it a competitive advantage in the cold ocean depths from 150 to 1,300 feet below the surface.
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The opah is equipped with specialized blood vessels that carry warm blood to its gills to rewarm the blood that cools as the fish breathes and absorbs oxygen from the water.
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