Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium Achieves World's First Successful Artificial Insemination and Hatching of Opah: "Great Insights Into Understanding the Reproduction of Large Open Ocean Fish"

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[Motobu] Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium (Director Keiichi Sato) in Motobu Town announced on July 29th that it had succeeded in artificial insemination and artificial hatching of the opah, a world first. The opah is a large fish that inhabits the open ocean. It is characterized by its shimmering silvery, disc-shaped body and bright red fins, and lives in the deep sea at a depth of about 500 meters.