Coryphaenidae
Encyclopedia
The Coryphaenidae are a family of marine ray-finned fish
belonging to the Order
Perciformes
. The family contains only one genus, Coryphaena, which contains two species, both of which have compressed heads and single dorsal fins that run the entire length of the fish's bodies. Dolfinfishes are unrelated to dolphin
s (which are mammal
s) and their meat is often labeled mahi-mahi commercially to reduce possible public confusion.
Common names
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
belonging to the Order
Order (biology)
In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
Perciformes
Perciformes
The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, is one of the largest orders of vertebrates, containing about 40% of all bony fish. Perciformes means perch-like. They belong to the class of ray-finned fish and comprise over 7,000 species found in almost all aquatic environments...
. The family contains only one genus, Coryphaena, which contains two species, both of which have compressed heads and single dorsal fins that run the entire length of the fish's bodies. Dolfinfishes are unrelated to dolphin
Dolphin
Dolphins are marine mammals that are closely related to whales and porpoises. There are almost forty species of dolphin in 17 genera. They vary in size from and , up to and . They are found worldwide, mostly in the shallower seas of the continental shelves, and are carnivores, mostly eating...
s (which are mammal
Mammal
Mammals are members of a class of air-breathing vertebrate animals characterised by the possession of endothermy, hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands functional in mothers with young...
s) and their meat is often labeled mahi-mahi commercially to reduce possible public confusion.
Species
- Mahi-mahiMahi-mahiThe mahi-mahi or common dolphinfish is a surface-dwelling ray-finned fish found in off-shore temperate, tropical and subtropical waters worldwide. It is one of only two members of the Coryphaenidae family, the other being the pompano dolphinfish...
, common dolfinfish or dorado, Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758 - Pompano dolfinfish, Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
| Country | Common dolphin Coryphaena hippurus |
Pompano dolphin Coryphaena equiselis |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | Lámberg | ||
| Croatia | Pučinka | ||
| Cuba | Dorado | ||
| Cyprus | Dakaunomoutas | ||
| France | dorade coryphène | petite dorade coryphène | |
| French Polynesia | Mahimahi | ||
| Germany | Goldmakrele | ||
| Greece | Kynigòs | ||
| Israel | Raaman | ||
| Italy | Lampuga | ||
| Japan | Toohyaku | Ebisu-shiira | |
| Korea | Man-sae-gi | Jul-man-sae-gi | |
| Lebanon | Lämbukeh | ||
| Libya | Lambuka | ||
| Malaysia | Belitung, Banang | ||
| Malta | Lampuka | ||
| Monaco | Lampuga | ||
| Morocco | Msi'a amerikano | ||
| Peru | Perico | ||
| Philippines | Dorado | ||
| Spain | Llampuga | ||
| Sri Lanka | Rad hava | Diya vannava | |
| Sweden | Guldmakrill | ||
| Syria | Bakhti bakhti | ||
| Tahiti | Mahi mahi | ||
| Taiwan | Fei Niau Fu | ||
| Tunisia | Lambouqa | ||
| United States | Dolfin, dolfinfish | Pompano, blue dolphin | |
| Hawai'i and eastern Pacific | Mahi mahi | "The other mahi mahi" | |
| North Vietnam | Cá nục heo [cờ] | ||
| South Vietnam | Cá dũa |