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Common dolphinfish
Coryphaena hippurus (Common dolphinfish · シイラ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its maximum weight of 40 kg equals two 20 kg bags of rice (Comparison).
- 💡 It is one of the most popular sportfishes in the world, and its prized meat has also led to aquaculture (Animal Diversity Web).
- 💡 In Korea, it has been recorded in Busan, Jeju, and Ulleungdo (National List of Species of Korea).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Common dolphinfish is a sleek fish that swims and hunts swiftly in the surface waters of the open ocean. It is often seen near floating objects in the water.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its body is long, slender, and strongly flattened from side to side. Its dorsal fin starts near the head and runs almost to the tail; its back is bright blue-green, its belly is yellowish white, and its tail fin is yellow.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It feeds on small fishes such as flyingfishes, mackerels, and jacks, as well as cephalopods and crustaceans. It grows rapidly enough to reach 1 m in length and 8 kg in weight in its first year, and spawns from May to August.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
According to the National List of Species of Korea, it has been recorded in Busan, Jeju, and Ulleungdo, and can cause food poisoning due to ciguatoxin.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2011) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/154712/4614989
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • catalogueoflife.org — 6B72Q
- • iucnredlist.org — 4614989
- • 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000058441 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000058441
- • wikidata.org — Q14443
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Female Dolphin Fish.jpg
- • fishbase.se — Coryphaena-hippurus.html
- • species.nibr.go.kr — mainHome.do
- • animaldiversity.org — Coryphaena hippurus
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Richard Winterbottom (vectorized by Russell Engelman) · CC BY 4.0
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.