The Mahi-mahi, or dolphinfish, is a fast, brilliantly colored open-ocean fish with a blunt-headed profile in males and shimmering blue-green and gold flanks that fade quickly after capture.
Habitat
Warm surface waters of the open ocean
Diet
Flying fish, squid, and crustaceans
How common
Uncommon
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