Species: Coryphaena hippurus
English Name: Common Dolphinfish
Chinese Name: 鯕鰍
Family: Coryphaenidae
Description:
This dolphinfish has an elongated and compressed metallic blue and green body with striking golden hues on the sides, and white and yellow on the underparts. Can grow up to a length of 210 cm. Lives in open waters but also near the coast. Prey on fishes, zooplankton, crustaceans and squid. Highly commercialized for human.
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References:
– Lei, Kampeng; Yang, Tingbao; Leung, Cheewah; Huang, Xiao. 1999. Fishes of Macao. Maritime Museum. Association for Promotion of Science and Technology of Macao.
– Palko, B.J., G.L. Beardsley and W.J. Richards, 1982. Synopsis of the biological data on dolphin-fishes,Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus and Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus. FAO Fish. Synop. (130); NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS Circ. (443).