{"scientificNameAuthorship":"Underkoffler, Luers, Hyde & Craig, 2018","RecordModifiedOn":"2018-07-02","CAAB_code":"37268001","phylum":"Chordata","Notes":"Prior to its description by Underkoffler et al (2018), this species was treated as <i>Lampris guttatus</i>, which is now considered restricted to the eastern North Atlantic including the Irish Sea, North Sea and Mediterranean. <i>Lampris australensis</i> is known from the southern hemisphere, including southern Australia, Chile and South Africa. In Australia, there are sparse records between Scotts Head, NSW (30 43´S) westward to Sorrento, WA (31 49´S), including Tasmania.","habitat":"Pelagic, Epipelagic (0-200m, Oceanic)<br>Pelagic, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic)<br>","NameVerifiedSource":"","Parent_Id":37268901,"scientificName":"Lampris australensis","kingdom":"Animalia","order":"Lampriformes","otherVernacularNames":"spotted moonfish<ASH>|opah","Reference":"","vernacularName":"Opah","ChildCodes":"","RecordCreatedOn":"1997-01-01","scientificNameID_WoRMS":"urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1493715","family":"Lampridae","standardName":"Opah (AS5300)","class":"Actinopterygii","scientificNameID_AFD":"urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:fd86890b-e7cc-4225-83cb-9fdd592d2d43","CAAB_status":"Valid"}