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Species Name:    Coryphaena hippurus
Common Name:                     (Dolphin)

 

I.  TAXONOMY

Kingdom Phylum/Division: Class: Order: Family: Genus:
Animalia Chordata Osteichthyes Perciformes Coryphaenidae Coryphaena


The Dolphin, Coryphaena hippurus.  Illustration by Diana Rome Peebles 1998.  Courtesy of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Division of Marine Fisheries. 		Species Name:
Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758


Common Name:
Dolphin, Mahi Mahi