Mahi-mahi

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Mahi-mahi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Family:	Coryphaenidae
Genus:	Coryphaena
Species:	C. hippurus
Binomial name
Coryphaena hippurus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[2]
Scomber pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) Coryphaena fasciolata (Pallas, 1770) Coryphaena chrysurus (Lacépède, 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/)^[3] or common dolphinfish^[2] (Coryphaena hippurus) is a surface-dwelling ray-finned fish found in off-shore temperate, tropical, and subtropical waters worldwide. It is also widely called dorado (not to be confused with Salminus brasiliensis, a freshwater fish) and dolphin (not to be confused with the aquatic mammal dolphin). It is one of two members of the family Coryphaenidae, the other being the pompano dolphinfish. These fish are most commonly found in the waters around the Gulf of Mexico, Costa Rica, Hawaii and the Indian Ocean.