Coryphaenidae

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Noun1.Coryphaenidae - large active pelagic percoid fish
fish family - any of various families of fish
order Perciformes, order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi - one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna
dolphin, dolphinfish, mahimahi - large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)
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This category was followed by Scombridae (22.8% in weight), Carangidae (20.7%), Lutjanidae (7.3%), Sphyraenidae (4.9%), Serranidae (4.8%), Coryphaenidae (1.2%), Istiophoridae (1.2%) and other species (1.1%), out of a total catch of 4055 kg over the entire period we analyzed.
The families include Ancistrocheiridae (ANC), Argonautidae (ARG), Bolitaenidae (BOL), Chiroteuthidae (CHI), Coryphaenidae (COR), Cranchiidae (CRA), Delphinidae (DEL), Engraulidae (ENG), Enoploteuthidae (ENO), Enteroctopodidae (ENT), Galatheidae (GAL), Gonatidae (GON), Histioteuthidae (HIS), Loliginidae (LOL), Macrouridae (MAC), Mastigoteuthidae (MAS), Merlucciidae (MER), Myctophidae (MYC), Octopodidae (OCD), Octopoteuthidae (OCT), Oeogopsidae (OEO), Ommastrephidae (OMA), Onychoteuthidae (ONY), Pholidoteuthidae (PHO), Scombridae (SCO), Sphyraenidae (SPH), Thysanoteuthidae (THY), Tremoctopodidae (TRE), Vampyroteuthidae (VAM), and Vitreledonellidae (VIT).
Peces carangoideos del Parque Gorgona, Pacifico Colombiano (Osteichthys: Carangidae, Nematistiidae y Coryphaenidae).
Common name Family Albacora Scombridae Arioco Lutjanidae Badejo Serranidae Bagre Ariidae Barbudo - Barracuda Sphyraenidae Boca torta Sciaenidae Cacao Ginglimostomatidae - Carcharhinidae - Carcharhinus - Carcharhinus Caconete - Camarao Penaeidae - - Carioco Scombridae Cavala Lutjanidae Cioba Sciaenidae Corvina Lutjanidae Dentao Coryphaenidae Dourado Gracaim Gracaim Lutjanidae Guaiuba Guaricema Guaricema Palinuridae Lagosta Serranidae Mero Carangidae Olho de Boi Sciaenidae Pescada - Raia Centropomidae Robalo - Sororo Lutjanidae Vermelho Table 2.
Inspections should focus on the families Scombridae, Clupeidae, Engraulidae, Coryphaenidae, fresh or frozen, prepared, processed or tinned.
Name Killer Whale Dolphin Fish Family Delphinidae Coryphaenidae Class Mammal Fish Species Killer whales, or orcas, Some people confuse Info are one of only 6 "whale" dolphin fish with species that belong in the dolphins, but these salt dolphin family.
Fish commonly known as dolphinfish are members of the family Coryphaenidae, which represents only one genus, Coryphaena, but 2 species, the common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) and the pompano dolphinfish (C.
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