Lampris zatima is the oldest known opah of the genus Lampris, from the Late Miocene of Southern California[1] (the giant opah of the genus Megalampris, of Late Oligocene New Zealand, is older).

Its fossil record is rather poor, known primarily from isolated vertebral columns, and a few headless specimens.

Mistakenly, it was later re-described as a surfperch, Dascles dassurus.

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