mahi-mahi, common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) Author David Starr Jordan (1851–1931)
Description
English: Dolphin or Dorado, Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus. New York
Subject: Coryphaena hippurus
Tag: Fish
Date 1907
Source/Photographer
English: Jordan, David Starr (1907) Fishes, New York City, NY: Henry Holt and Company
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_51929_Dolphin_or_Dorado,_Coryphaena_hippurus_Linnaeus_New_York.jpeg
The mahi-mahi or common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) is a surface-dwelling ray-finned fish found in off-shore temperate, tropical and subtropical waters worldwide. Also widely called dorado and dolphin, it is a member of the Coryphaenidae family. Mahi means very strong in Hawaiian. The name mahimahi means very strong in Hawaiian.