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Coryphaena Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 125960

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Coryphaenidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Parent Coryphaenidae
Synonymised
taxa
  Caranxomorus
Corypaena (misspelling)
Lampugus
Lepimphis
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Skene, R. (1917). Game fish in Tanaland. JEANHS 6(2): 152-157. [details]

from synonym: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon]

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 Species Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena haletus
Species Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758

Species Coryphaena argyrurus Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena aurata Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena azorica Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena branchiostega Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Branchiostegus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782)
Species Coryphaena chrysurus Lacepède, 1801 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena coerulea Edwards, 1771 accepted as Scarus coeruleus (Edwards, 1771)
Species Coryphaena coerulea Bloch, 1786 accepted as Scarus coeruleus (Edwards, 1771)
Species Coryphaena dolfyn Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena dorado Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena elegans Cuvier, 1833 accepted as Luvarus imperialis Rafinesque, 1810
Species Coryphaena equisetis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena equisetis Osbeck, 1765 accepted as Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena fasciolata Pallas, 1770 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena hipporus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena hyppurus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena immaculata Agassiz, 1831 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena imperialis Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1845 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena japonica Houttuyn, 1782 accepted as Branchiostegus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782)
Species Coryphaena lessonii Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena lineata Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Xyrichtys novacula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Coryphaena lineolata Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Xyrichtys novacula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Coryphaena lutea Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Nemipterus japonicus (Bloch, 1791)
Species Coryphaena margravii Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena nortoniana Lowe, 1839 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena novacula Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Xyrichtys novacula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Coryphaena pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Iniistius pentadactylus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Coryphaena perciformis Mitchill, 1818 accepted as Hyperoglyphe perciformis (Mitchill, 1818)
Species Coryphaena plumieri Bloch, 1786 accepted as Malacanthus plumieri (Bloch, 1786)
Species Coryphaena pompilus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Centrolophus niger (Gmelin, 1789)
Species Coryphaena psittacus Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Xyrichtys novacula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Coryphaena rupestris (Gunnerus, 1765) accepted as Coryphaenoides rupestris Gunnerus, 1765
Species Coryphaena scomberoides Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena sinensis Lacepède, 1801 accepted as Branchiostegus argentatus (Cuvier, 1830)
Species Coryphaena suerii Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena velifera Pallas, 1770 accepted as Pteraclis velifera (Pallas, 1770)
Species Coryphaena virgata Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena vlamingii Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Environment marine
Distribution Kenya [details]
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Images 
Coryphaena hippurus
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Coryphaena hippurus
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Coryphaena hippurus
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Coryphaena hippurus
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Coryphaena hippurus
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Coryphaena hippurus
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Coryphaena hippurus
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Coryphaena hippurus
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Coryphaena hippurus
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Coryphaena hippurus
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Coryphaena hippurus
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Coryphaena hippurus
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Coryphaena hippurus
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Coryphaena hippurus
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Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
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Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
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Dolphin fish
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Dolphin fish
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Coryphaena hippurus
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Coryphaena hippurus
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Coryphaena hippurus
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Coryphaena hippurus
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Coryphaena hippurus
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Coryphaena hippurus
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125960
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2013-02-26 10:10:34Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Coryphaena Linnaeus, 1758. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125960 on 2013-05-21
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