Skip to main content
Aquarium Home

Today's Hours: 9:00 am – 6:00 pm

Nick Wegner

Meet the Opah, the First Warm-Blooded Fish

We are currently updating our media player. Please check back later for this content.

Posted: June 14, 2016

Nick Wegner recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on March 3, 2016. Nick Wegner is a research fisheries biologist working for NOAA Fisheries at the Southwest Fisheries Science Center in La Jolla, California, and a lecturer at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

He discussed the opah, a fish that can produce its own body heat and the biology of this process.

Video Posted: June 14, 2016 | Running time: 8:39

Lecture Archive

View the presentation in it's entirety: Lecture Archive: Nick Wegner

Please note: If you are having troubles viewing this video, please update to the latest version of your browser.

Ralphs

Discount tickets available at Ralphs for a limited time