Mahi-mahi: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the mahi-mahi lives – recorded in 15 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Coryphaena hippurus
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	15 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, North America, Oceania, South America
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Carangiformes
Family	Coryphaenidae

Where does the mahi-mahi live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the mahi-mahi in 15 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, North America, Oceania and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the mahi-mahi endangered?

The mahi-mahi’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the mahi-mahi?

The mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus) is a ray-finned fish in the order Carangiformes and the family Coryphaenidae, genus Coryphaena. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the mahi-mahi

The mahi-mahi ( MAH-hee-MAH-hee), common dolphinfish, dolphinfish, dolphin or dorado (Coryphaena hippurus) is a surface-dwelling ray-finned fish found in off-shore temperate, tropical, and subtropical waters worldwide. It is one of two members of the family Coryphaenidae, the other being the pompano dolphinfish. These fish are most commonly found in the waters around the Gulf of Mexico, Costa Rica, Hawaii, and the Indian Ocean. In Italy it is called corifena, lampuga or pesce capone, and has even given its name to the caponata though eggplant has now taken the place of the fish.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Mahi-mahi (revision 1378030458), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q14443 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).