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Bony fish

Common Dolphinfish

Coryphaena hippurus

Also known as: Dolphin, Dorado, Green Dolphin, Mahi-mahi

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2011
Adult
@moekajee · On a boat, Cape Verde · November 20151 / 5
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Overview

Found in schools, on the surface of open waters, sometimes under floating seaweed rafts, occasionally over shallow coastal reefs.

Dolphinfish are some of the fastest growing species in the ocean and are a primary food source for pelagic predators.
They are not related to Dolphins!

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Circumtropical
  • Exact location · 1
  • Country only · 4
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Found in schools, on the surface of open waters, sometimes under floating seaweed rafts, occasionally over shallow coastal reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderCarangiformes
    5. familyCoryphaenidae
    6. genusCoryphaena
    7. speciesCoryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758

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    More in the family

    Carangiformes