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Young fisherman with dolphinfish from Santorini, Greece, c. 1600 BCE (Minoan civilization). The mahi-mahi (/ ˌ m ɑː h i ˈ m ɑː h i / MAH-hee-MAH-hee) [3] or common dolphinfish [2] (Coryphaena hippurus) is a surface-dwelling ray-finned fish found in off-shore temperate, tropical, and subtropical waters worldwide.
Delfín (Dolphin in Spanish) is a diesel-electric submarine of the Daphné class (known in Spain as the Delfín class) that was used by the Spanish Navy between 1973 and 2003. [1]
Why the mammal and the fish were both called "dolphin" is uncertain, but theories include that dolphinfish communicate using high-pitched sounds similar to a dolphin, and they are about the size of a small dolphin, [2] or due to dorado (Spanish for "golden") having been purportedly used historically in Spanish for both dolphins (normally ...
About the Vaquita. The name vaquita (pronounced VA-Keeta) means “little cow” in Spanish. Vaquitas are easy to recognize with their dark markings around their eyes and lips.
The long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) is a very large dolphin, measuring five to six meters long and weighing one to three tons. It is an entirely black dolphin (apart from a white ventral plastron), with a round head, almost without a differentiated beak, and a short, backward-arched dorsal fin. It lives in groups of several dozen ...
Other common names for the southern right whale dolphin include: whitebellied right whale dolphin, southern right whale porpoise, mealy-mouthed porpoise, tunina (tonina) sin aleta , delfin (delphin) liso austral (Spanish), minami semi-iruka , dauphin de Peron , yuzhnyi kitovidnyi delfin , Südlicher Glattdelfin , and zuidelijke gladde dolfijn .
The common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) is the most abundant cetacean in the world, with a global population of about six million. [3] Despite this fact and its vernacular name, the common dolphin is not thought of as the archetypal dolphin, with that distinction belonging to the bottlenose dolphin due to its popular appearances in aquaria and the media.
Delfy - a young, blue dolphin with a captain hat. He serves as the main protagonist of the series. Chees - a female dolphin and Delfy's girlfriend. Fasty - a Hermit crab. Rudy - a crab. Baby Whale - a young whale. Froggy - Delfy's best friend. He is a green monkfish in the original version. Strangely, in some other versions, he claims he is a frog.