Also known as Mahi-Mahi. They are extremely fast swimmers, they can swim as fast as 50 knots (92.6 km/h, 57.5 mph). They're inhabiting the surface of the open, deep ocean. Though it is among the most colorful fish in the sea it becomes gray almost instantly when it dies.
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Threat to humans
Source: Fishbase
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