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Pompano dolphinfish

Order Perciformes

Family Coryphaenidae

Marine fish with regularly ossified skeleton. Compressed and elongated body. Frontal profile almost vertical, leaving the face completely truncated and the forehead curved. Oblique mouth with hooked teeth. Turquoise blue color on the dorsum and upper flanks, with yellowish tones. It can weigh up to 50 kg.

Characteristics

FAO code
CFW

Specie
Coryphaena equiselis

Type
Blue fish

FAO Fishing Areas

Area 21: the Northwestern part of the Atlantic Ocean
Area 27: the Northeastern part of the Atlantic Ocean
Area 31: the Western part of the Atlantic Ocean
Area 34: the Eastern Central part of the Atlantic Ocean
Area 37: the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea
Area 41: the Southwestern part of the Atlantic Ocean
Area 47: the Southeastern part of the Atlantic Ocean
Area 51: the Western part of the Indian Ocean
Area 57: the Eastern part of the Indian Ocean
Area 61: the Northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean
Area 71: the Western Central part of the Pacific Ocean
Area 77: the Eastern Central part of the Pacific Ocean
Area 81: the Southwestern part of the Pacific Ocean
Area 87: the Southeastern part of the Pacific Ocean

International denominations

Portugal Dourado

United Kingdom Pompano dolphinfish

Fishing areas

Fishing arts

Gillnets

Hooks

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