Mahi-mahi
| Mahi-mahi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Actinopterygii | 
| Order: | Carangiformes | 
| Suborder: | Carangoidei | 
| Family: | Coryphaenidae | 
| Genus: | Coryphaena | 
| Species: | C. hippurus | 
| Binomial name | |
| Coryphaena hippurus | |
| Synonyms | |
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The mahi-mahi (/ˌmɑːhiˈmɑːhi/ MAH-hee-MAH-hee) or common dolphinfish (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. 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.