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Young fisherman with dolphinfish from Santorini, Greece, c. 1600 BCE (Minoan civilization). The mahi-mahi (/ ˌ m ɑː h i ˈ m ɑː h i / MAH-hee-MAH-hee) [3] or common dolphinfish [2] (Coryphaena hippurus) is a surface-dwelling ray-finned fish found in off-shore temperate, tropical, and subtropical waters worldwide.
River dolphins are a polyphyletic group of fully aquatic mammals that reside exclusively in freshwater or brackish water. They are an informal grouping of dolphins , which itself is a paraphyletic group within the infraorder Cetacea .
Lives in fresh water and estuaries, migrating to spawn in the Sargasso Sea. American fourspot flounder: Hippoglossina oblonga: American gizzard shad: Dorosoma cepedianum: American harvestfish: Peprilus paru: American paddlefish: Polyodon spathula [5] American pickerel: Esox americanus: Also known as Redfin pickerel, brook pickerel, and Grass ...
Female mahi-mahi caught off the coast of Jamaica. Mahi-mahi are swift and acrobatic game fish with striking colours. These colours darken when the fish dies (see illustrations) [1] The current IGFA all tackle record is 39.91 kilograms (88lb), caught in 1998 in Exuma, Bahamas by Chris Johnson of Lake Mary, Florida. [2]
There are some incredible animals that roamed the earth and its oceans millions of years ago, and an ancient freshwater dolphin species was just discovered in the Peruvian Amazon. The Weather ...
Freshwater fish are fish species that spend some or all of their lives in bodies of fresh water such as rivers, lakes, ponds and inland wetlands, where the salinity is less than 1.05%. These environments differ from marine habitats in many ways, especially the difference in levels of osmolarity .
Common names of fish can refer to a single species; to an entire group of species, such as a genus or family; or to multiple unrelated species or groups.Ambiguous common names are accompanied by their possible meanings.
The Amazon river dolphins, many of a striking pink color, are a unique freshwater species found only in the rivers of South America and are one of a handful of freshwater dolphin species left in ...