๐Mahi-mahi
The mahi-mahi, common dolphinfish, dolphinfish, dolphin or dorado is a surface-dwelling ray-finned fish found in off-shore temperate, tropical, and subtropical waters worldwide. It is also widely called dorado and 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. In Italy it is called corifena, lampuga or pesce capone, and has even given its name to the caponata though eggplant has now taken the place of the fish.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2011.
- Body mass
- 22 kg
- Body length
- 1 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 4 years
Everything we know about the Mahi-mahi
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass22 kgrecord 40 kg ยท FishBaseAnAgeDetails โHide โ
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
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Body length1 mrecord 2.1 m ยท FishBasetypical adultFishBaseDetails โHide โ
Record: largest individual on record
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Maximum lifespan4 yearsrecord 4 years ยท FishBaseAnAgeDetails โHide โ
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
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Trophic level4.23FishBaseDetails โHide โ
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DietcarnivoreaverageDetails โHide โ
From trophic level 4.23 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2โ2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humansreports of ciguatera poisoningFishBaseDetails โHide โ
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Volume l22 LaverageDetails โHide โ
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.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- โบphylumChordata
- โบorderPerciformes
- โบfamilyCoryphaenidae
- โบgenusCoryphaena
- โบspeciesCoryphaena hippurus
- superclassRay-finned fish ยท Actinopterygii
- orderAcanthomorphata
- familyCoryphaenidae
- genusCoryphaena
All 11 branches โFewer branches โ
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassRay-finned fish ยท Actinopterygii
- classActinopteri
- subclassNeopterygii
- orderAcanthomorphata
- familyCoryphaenidae
- genusCoryphaena
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