Fish
Dorado
Coryphaena hippurus
The dazzling, fast-growing dolphinfish of the open ocean, a swift blue-water predator that gathers under anything adrift.
Also known as dolphinfish, dorade
- Habitat
- Open ocean, tropical and warm seas
The dorado has an elongate, compressed body clad in small smooth scales, a single long dorsal fin running from the nape almost to the tail, and a deeply forked tail. It is a fish of the open ocean, found through warm seas worldwide, though it is sometimes taken close to land.
It is a swift predator that hunts fish and squid, often following ships and gathering beneath floating objects and debris. Its flesh is highly prized.