Subject: The Dourado.... what is it?

From: [email-masked]
Date: 4 Nov 1995 22:35:58 GMT

Who can help me to find information on the dourado.
It's a fish often mistaken for a dolphin but has 
no blow-hole and his tail is vertical.  I also
read that it lives in tropical waters. 
Do you have the scientific name or the correct
spelling of its name?
Any suggestions, ideas? Anything would be helpful.

Thanks in advance.
Ruth.

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From: [email-masked] (Nicholas Lowry)
Date: 6 Nov 1995 13:38:19 GMT

[email-masked] wrote:
: Who can help me to find information on the dourado.
: It's a fish often mistaken for a dolphin but has 
: no blow-hole and his tail is vertical.  I also
: read that it lives in tropical waters. 
: Do you have the scientific name or the correct
: spelling of its name?
: Any suggestions, ideas? Anything would be helpful.

: Thanks in advance.
: Ruth.

The "Dourado" you speak of is probably a Dorado, a lesser used name for 
_Coryphaena hippurus_ which is a widely distributed species of pelagic 
fish with many names, including "Dolphin fish", hence the confusion. 

also one of my favourite fish, shame you can't catch them in denmark.

Nick.
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