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Coryphaena, the Glossary

Coryphaena is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes known as the dolphinfishes, and is currently the only known genus in the family Coryphaenidae.^[1]

17 relations: Actinopterygii, Carl Linnaeus, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Dolphin, Dorsal fin, Family (biology), Fish, Forage fish, Genus, List of fish families, Louvar, Mahi-mahi, Marine mammal, Pelagic zone, Pompano dolphinfish, Predatory fish, 10th edition of Systema Naturae.
Carangiformes
Coryphaenidae

Actinopterygii

Actinopterygii, members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species.

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Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.

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Constantine Samuel Rafinesque

Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (22 October 178318 September 1840) was a French early 19th-century polymath born near Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire and self-educated in France.

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Dolphin

A dolphin is an aquatic mammal in the clade Odontoceti (toothed whale).

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Dorsal fin

A dorsal fin is a fin located on the back of most marine and freshwater vertebrates within various taxa of the animal kingdom.

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Family (biology)

Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.

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Fish

A fish (fish or fishes) is an aquatic, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fins and a hard skull, but lacking limbs with digits.

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Forage fish

Forage fish, also called prey fish or bait fish, are small pelagic fish that feed on plankton and other tiny organisms.

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Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

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List of fish families

This is a list of fish families sorted alphabetically by scientific name.

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Louvar

The louvar or luvar (Luvarus imperialis) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, it is the only extant species in the genus Luvarus and family Luvaridae.

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Mahi-mahi

The mahi-mahi or common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) is a surface-dwelling ray-finned fish found in off-shore temperate, tropical, and subtropical waters worldwide.

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Marine mammal

Marine mammals are mammals that rely on marine (saltwater) ecosystems for their existence.

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Pelagic zone

The pelagic zone consists of the water column of the open ocean and can be further divided into regions by depth.

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Pompano dolphinfish

The pompano dolphinfish (Coryphaena equiselis) is a species of surface-dwelling ray-finned fish found in tropical and subtropical waters.

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Predatory fish are hypercarnivorous fish that actively prey upon other fish or aquatic animals, with examples including shark, billfish, barracuda, pike/muskellunge, tuna, dolphinfish, walleye, perch and salmon.

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10th edition of Systema Naturae

The 10th edition of Systema Naturae (Latin; the English title is A General System of Nature) is a book written by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus and published in two volumes in 1758 and 1759, which marks the starting point of zoological nomenclature.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coryphaena

Also known as Coryphaenid, Coryphaenidae, Dolphinfish.