Puester > wrote:

>dolphin = Flipper, the mammal, often found in aquarium shows
>
>very different from:
>
>dolphin = dolphin fish = dorado/mahi-mahi often found on a plate

Am I correct in thinking that the "dolphin fish" name
derives from the fish's gymnastic ability, which to some
gamefishermen resembles that of a (mammalian) dolphin?

Steve