Mahimahi

Coryphaena hippurus

Dorado

Description: Brilliant green and yellow dotted with phosphorescent blue, with purplish blue dorsal fin; colors change rapidly when fighting and just before death. Males have an almost vertical head profile, females are more sloping. Size: Average weight 20 to 30 pounds; occasionally 70 pounds

Habitat: Open ocean, often seen close to surface near schools of flyingfish, or around floating objects

Feeding: Diurnal and nocturnal; squid and small fish, especially flyingfish

Schooling: School

Fishing methods: Trolling, handline, longline

Seasonality: Small fish (up to 5 pounds) common in summer, large fish (30 to 40 pounds) more plentiful in late winter and early spring