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Common Dolphifish
Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Actinopterygii - ray-finned fishes »  order Perciformes - perch-likes »  family Coryphaenidae - dolphins or dolphinfishes »  genus Coryphaena

Scientific synonyms

Corypaena hippurua Linnaeus, 1758
Coryphaena argyrurus Valenciennes, 1833
Coryphaena chrysurus Lacépède, 1801
Coryphaena dolfyn Valenciennes, 1833
Coryphaena dorado Valenciennes, 1833
Coryphaena fasciolata Pallas, 1770
Coryphaena hipporus Linnaeus, 1758
Coryphaena hyppurus Linnaeus, 1758
Coryphaena immaculata Agassiz, 1831
Coryphaena imperialis Rafinesque, 1810

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Other names

= Common Dolphin
= Common Dolphin Fish
= Common Dolphinfish
= Dolphin
= Dolphin Fish
= Dolphinfish
= Dorado
= Green Dolphin
= Mahi Mahi
= Mahi-mahi

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IUCN category:
Least Concern

Images

Coryphaena hippurus - Common Dolphifish

Author: Martin Antoš
[There are yet no texts for this record.]

Intertaxon relationships

predator: Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) - Allison Tuna, Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw, 1792) - Indo-pacific Sailfish, Onychoprion fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1766) - Sooty Tern, Makaira mazara (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) - Black Spearfish, Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Common Smooth Hammerhead Shark, ...

prey: Histioteuthis reversa (Verrill, 1880) - Reverse Jewell Squid, Hirundichthys affinis (Günther, 1866), Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards, 1771) - Great Barracuda, Istiophorus albicans (Latreille, 1804) - Atlantic Sailfish, Synodus saurus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Atlantic Lizardfish, ...

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Links and literature

CZ AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [species/6247]

Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2009): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net] [as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 17 January 2010
CH DE EN FR IT NL PR SP FishBase [6]

Froese R., Pauly D. (eds.): FishBase [http://www.fishbase.org]
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018-1 [154712]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 3 August 2018
EN OzAnimals - Australian Wildlife [http://www.ozanimals.com/] [as Coryphaena hippurus]
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