Mahi-Mahi Dolphinfish Fish Mount 35" Taxidermy Replica Wood Carving Sculpture Wall Art
Price: $119.00
This Mahi-mahi Dolphinfish fish mount is hand-made from Albizia Furcata wood. It is hand-painted using an air brush with a nitrocellulose lacquer top coat for a "wet-look" finish. This fish sculpture was carefully carved to create a fish replica. It is a half mount with a flat back with two holes for hanging on a wall. It is a beautiful hand-crafted piece of fish art that will surely get noticed by everyone who sees it.
| Length: | 36" (90 cm) |
| Height: | 14" (34 cm) |
| Thickness: | 2.5" (5 cm) |
| Weight: | 5.3 lb (2.4 kg) |
| Material: | Albasia Furcata Wood |
FISH FACTS
| Family: | Coryphaenidae |
| Genus: | Coryphaena |
| Species: | hippurus |
| Scientific Name: | Coryphaena hippurus |
| Other Names: | Dolphinfishes are usually marketed as Mahi-mahi. |
| Length: | To 6' 6" (87 lb) |
| Weight: | To 87 lb (40 kg) |
| Habitat: | Surface of open seas; usually over deep water, sometimes near shore. |
| Range: | In western Atlantic from Nova Scotia to Brazil. including Bermuda, Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean. In eastern Pacific from Grays Harbor, Washington, to Chile, including Galapagos Islands, Escuador; rare north of southern California. |
| Comments: | Dolphinfish and Pompano Dolphinfish are important sport and commercial fishes. They are found near rafts of sargassum weed, where they apparently feed. The young, to lenghts of about 3" (7.5 cm), are part of the sargassum fauna. |
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