Mahi mahi

Mahi-Mahi
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Coryphaenidae
Genus:	Coryphaena
Species:	C. hippurus
Binomial name
Coryphaena hippurus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Scomber pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) Coryphaena fasciolata (Pallas, 1770) Coryphaena chrysurus (Lacepède, 1801) Coryphaena imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810) Lepimphis hippuroides (Rafinesque, 1810) Coryphaena immaculata Agassiz, 1831 Lampugus siculus Valenciennes, 1833 Coryphaena scomberoides Valenciennes, 1833 Coryphaena margravii Valenciennes, 1833 Coryphaena suerii Valenciennes, 1833 Coryphaena dorado Valenciennes, 1833 Coryphaena dolfyn Valenciennes, 1833 Coryphaena virgata Valenciennes, 1833 Coryphaena argyrurus Valenciennes, 1833 Coryphaena vlamingii Valenciennes, 1833 Coryphaena nortoniana R. T. Lowe, 1839 Coryphaena japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1845

The mahi-mahi (/ˈmɑːhiːˈmɑːhiː/) 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 one of two members of the Coryphaenidae family, the other being the pompano dolphinfish. Mahi means very strong in Hawaiian.

The name mahimahi means very strong in Hawaiian. In other languages, the fish is known as dorade coryphène, dorado, dolphin, lampuga, llampuga, lampuka, lampuki, rakingo, calitos, ti-rone or maverikos.

The common English name of dolphin causes much confusion. Additionally, two species of dolphinfish exist, the common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) and the pompano dolphinfish (Coryphaena equiselis). Both these species are commonly marketed by their Pacific name, mahi-mahi. Being fish, they are not related to dolphins. See Coryphaena for the possible etymologies of "dolphinfish".

The fish is called mahi-mahi in the Hawaiian language, and "mahi mahi" is commonly used elsewhere.

In the Pacific and along the English speaking coast of South Africa they are also commonly called by the Spanish name, Dorado. In the Mediterranean island of Malta, this fish is referred to as the lampuka.

Linnaeus named the genus, derived from the Greek word, κορυφή, koryphe, meaning top or apex, in 1758. Synonyms for the species include Coryphaena argyrurus, Coryphaena chrysurus and Coryphaena dolfyn.

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