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Common Dolphinfish

Coryphaena hippurus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 434, February 415, March 471, April 894, May 548, June 266, July 239, August 247, September 293, October 313, November 407, December 395.
United States11,601
Texas4,922
North Carolina932
South Carolina914
Louisiana138
Hawaii88
New York87
Mexico58
India50
Andhra Pradesh38

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Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderJacks, Flounders, Barracudas, and Allies · Carangiformes
FamilyDolphinfishes · Coryphaenidae
GenusDolphinfishes · Coryphaena

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