mahi-mahi, common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus)

mahi-mahi, common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus)

The species names / identity need verification. The original plates showed the fishes facing right and have been flipped here. Coryphaena hippurus
Date 1878
Source Day, Francis (1878) The Fishes of India. Volume 2.
Author George Henry Ford (1809–1876)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coryphaena_hippurus_Ford_53.jpg

The mahi-mahi or common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) is a surface-dwelling ray-finned fish found in off-shore temperate, tropical and subtropical waters worldwide. Also widely called dorado and dolphin, it is a member of the Coryphaenidae family. Mahi means very strong in Hawaiian. The name mahimahi means very strong in Hawaiian.


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Description		mahi-mahi, common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) The species names / identity need verification. The original plates showed the fishes facing right and have been flipped here. Coryphaena hippurus Date 1878 Source Day, Francis (1878) The Fishes of India. Volume 2. Author George Henry Ford (1809–1876) Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coryphaena_hippurus_Ford_53.jpg The mahi-mahi or common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) is a surface-dwelling ray-finned fish found in off-shore temperate, tropical and subtropical waters worldwide. Also widely called dorado and dolphin, it is a member of the Coryphaenidae family. Mahi means very strong in Hawaiian. The name mahimahi means very strong in Hawaiian.

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