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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.
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]
East Matagorda Bay's ecosystem is home to many different species of marine and freshwater fish. Freshwater species of fish include black bass, temperate bass, catfish, crappie, redbreast sunfish, carp, minnows, gar, and buffalo fish. [4] Marine fish may be in different areas of the bay that include open water of the Gulf of Mexico or shallow ...
Sep. 30—ATHENS — The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC) has opened the Texas division of Wildlife Forever's 2025 Fish Art Contest for entries. The Fish Art Contest, accepting entries ...
Six species of freshwater mussels native to the Central Texas region will be listed as endangered species as of July 4, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Monday.
(sport fish) Micropterus dolomieu: 2005 [61] Channel catfish (state commercial fish) Ictalurus punctatus: 1987 [61] Texas: Guadalupe bass (freshwater) Micropterus treculii: 1989 [62] Red drum (saltwater) Sciaenops ocellatus: 2011 [62] Utah: Bonneville cutthroat trout: Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies utah) 1997 [63] Vermont: Brook trout (cold ...
Mormyrus longirostris, commonly referred as the eastern bottle-nosed mormyrid, is a medium-sized ray-finned fish species belonging to the family Mormyridae.It was originally described by Wilhelm Peters in Monatsberichte der Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1852.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has released nearly 1 billion saltwater fish into Texas bays over the last 40 years — an effort to revitalize historic fisheries and recover native fish ...