Mahi mahi, Dolphinfish, Dorado & Lampuga, all names for the Coryphaena hippurus! These colourful fish are found in the Mediterranean Sea at this time of year (August-November), often aggregating underneath objects floating on the surface.
They live for up to five years, and can get to a meter in length!
By Save the Med Foundation.
In Catalan they're called llampuga, llampec or daurat.
I’m so excited to share these little guys, especially after teasing at a pair of saltwater fish earrings coming to the shop. I remember seeing these guys in an aquarium for the first time and almost crying my eyes out because of how cool they were lol.
Common Dolphin Fish (aka Mahi-Mahi): The name mahi-mahi comes from the Hawaiian language and means 'very strong', through the process of reduplication. Out of the water, the fish often change color (giving rise to their Spanish name, dorado, 'golden'), going through several hues before finally fading to a muted yellow-grey upon death.
Idk if anyone has pointed this out yet but the hang gliding jellies at Crab Leg Capitol seem to be from a piece of concept art for Mahi-Mahi Resort from the Splatoon 3 art book.
I think the research team took a bit of pity on me, or just had their fill of watching me shiver in the cold like a wretch. We traveled back down to warmer waters on our way to the next port to restock. Along the way, we actually encountered something unexpected. A pod of Yellow-Bellied Broad Heads followed us, trying to keep up with it as they elbowed and snapped at each other for the fish caught in the boat's wake. I decided to name the "winner" of the bunch Duff. He might've been the dominant of the pod, if all the females circling around him was any indication. I wish the lot of them many more moments of friendly competition like I witnessed today.
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my Etsy shop will be live on December 19th, 1:00 pm PST!!
all of these babies will be available then! thank you all so much for all of the support and encouragement! I’m so happy y’all have been enjoying my work and that I’ve been able to connect with a community of people who are just as insane about fish as I am!
more information about shipping, etc. will be in the pinned post on my profile!
idk why i so vividly remember this coin's exact location and name... i guess because it's found right around where a great white appears during the plot? that, and the umlaut in it taught me a valuable lesson about putting special characters in fandom photo names (don't do it)