Coryphaenidae

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Coryphaenidae
Mahi-mahi, Coryphaena hippurus
Mahi-mahi, Coryphaena hippurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Coryphaenidae
Genus: Coryphaena
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

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The Coryphaenidae, also called the dolphinfishes, are a family of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the Order Perciformes. The family contains only one genus, Coryphaena, which contains two species, both of which have compressed heads and single dorsal fins that run the entire lenghth of the fish's bodies. Dolphinfishes are unrelated to dolphins, which are mammals.

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