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Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758

Common dolphinfish
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Japan country information

Common names: Shiira, Toohyaku
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Sokolovskaya, T.G., A.S. Sokolovskii and E.I. Sobolevskii, 1998
Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from southern Japan (Ref. 11230). Also Ref. 26, 9987, 559.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.maff.go.jp/eindex.html
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Sonoyama, T., K. Ogimoto, S. Hori, Y. Uchida and M. Kawano, 2020
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Coryphène commune, Lampuga, Green dolphin, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Carangiformes (Jacks) > Coryphaenidae (Dolphinfishes)
Etymology: Coryphaena: Greek, koryphaina = dolphin fish (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología


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