Topic summary
Coryphaenidae
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Coryphaena.
Coryphaena is a genus of marine ray-finnedfishes known as the dolphinfishes, and is currently the only known genus in the familyCoryphaenidae. The generic name is from Greek κορυφή (koryphē, "crown, top") and -αινα (-aina, feminine suffix). Species in this genus have compressed heads and single dorsal fins that run the entire length of the fishes' bodies.