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SpeciesPerciformesCoryphaenidae
Fish

🐟Mahi-mahi

Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758

רַעַמְתָן כְּחַלְחַל (שם מדעי: Coryphaena hippurus) הוא אחד משני מיני דגים טורפים הקיימים במשפחת הרעמתניים החי באזורים הטרופיים וממוזגים של כל האוקיינוסים בכל העולם, לרבות בים התיכון של ישראל. זהו דג מאכל פופולרי בארצות שונות. בשפת הוואי הדג נקרא מַהִי-מַהִי ומשמעותו חזק מאוד, בשפות רבות הדג נקרא דוראדו, שם השגור גם בפי דייגי ישראל.

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Also called
Dorado, Mahi Mahi, Green Dolphin, Common Dolphin Fish, Common Dolphinfish, Dolphin Fish, Dolphinfish, Mahimahi
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2011.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
22 kg
Body length
1 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
4 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Mahi-mahi

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
22 kgrecord 40 kg · FishBase
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Body length
1 mrecord 2.1 m · FishBasetypical adult
FishBase
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Maximum lifespan
4 yearsrecord 4 years · FishBase
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
4.23
FishBase
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 4.23 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
reports of ciguatera poisoning
FishBase
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Volume l
22 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Mahi-mahi yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPerciformes
  4. ›familyCoryphaenidae
  5. ›genusCoryphaena
  6. ›speciesCoryphaena hippurus
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. orderAcanthomorphata
  3. familyCoryphaenidae
  4. genusCoryphaena
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. orderAcanthomorphata
  10. familyCoryphaenidae
  11. genusCoryphaena
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Coryphaena hippurus (es), Coryphaena hippurus (fr), シイラ (ja), Coryphaena hippurus (pt), 萬魚 (zh), ماهي ماهي (ar) … and 23 more languages
More photos
Common Dolphinfish Monterey BayCommon Dolphinfish, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, CA 93940, USA imported from iNaturalist photo 254881543Common Dolphinfish, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, CA 93940, USA imported from iNaturalist photo 254881589
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