Mahi-mahi

Mahi-mahi
	Young mahi-mahi at Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Carangoidei
Family:	Coryphaenidae
Genus:	Coryphaena
Species:	C. hippurus
Binomial name
	Coryphaena hippurus; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	List 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 (/ˌmɑːhiˈmɑːhi/ MAH-hee-MAH-hee), common dolphinfish, dolphinfish, dolphin or dorado (Coryphaena hippurus) is a surface-dwelling ray-finned fish found in off-shore temperate, tropical, and subtropical waters worldwide. 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.