Whole size: 10-60 kg
Moonfish - also know as Opah or Sunfish.
Identifying
features: Body is very compressed and round like. Silvery blue, covered with large
pale spots. Fins are bright reddish-orange. Small mouth, large eye and minute scales.
Dorsal fin long-based, with front part much taller.
Comparisons: Unique.
Fillets: Pale orange color, very deep, yields
steak like fillets good for grilling, broiling, sautéing. Top loins are excellent for
sashimi, the more fibrous bottom loins become tender when cooked.
Habitat: Marine; pelagic vagrant in upper water masses of the open
ocean, rarely venturing inshore.
Catching method: Caught mainly as a bycatch of tuna longliners.
