Sayı 11- Ocak/Mart 2013 - Antalya Rehberler Odası

The DoradoAtilla Sukru NILGUN, Tour Guide & DiverThis species of fish is often recordedas a Dorado or Mahi Mahi.This fish, known as a Dorado or aDolphinfish in English; a Dorado orGemeine Goldmakrele in German;a Dorado or Dorado maverikos inSpanish; Lampuca in the Island ofSicily; Lampuka on the Island ofMalta; Llampuga in Catalan; andDorado in Italian, Polish, Slovenian,French and Hungarian, belongsto the family of Perciformes.The Dorado No. 2 in the photo isof a young individual.This type of fish was first classifiedand named in 1758 and it ismostly found in the Atlantic, SouthAmerica, the Gulf of Mexico, theBermuda Islands, the Sea of Japan,the Indian Ocean and itstropical and subtropical seas andin the Mediterranean.They circulate at depths of betweentwo and two hundred meters.They lay eggs in and aroundPuerto Rico in February; in Floridain April-May; and in Japan and inthe Mediterranean in July-August.The average number of eggs thatis laid is about half a million. Whenthese fish reach a length of 30 cm,they have reached the age of egglaying maturity and they can growup to 2 meters long. In the Mediterraneanthey are usually rangebetween 50 and 80 cm in length.The dorados are also divided into3 classes within themselves.They are found more in the MediterraneanSea than in the Aegeanand I have never heard of themfound in either the Sea of Marmaraor the Black Sea.They can be caught with the netsof a large trawler, or they can behunted by rapalas, the artificialsquid and scraping system, whilethey are hunted with a spear inFrench Polynesia. They are alsohunted by tying 10 fathoms offishing line to plastic bottles andleaving them on the sea to swingwith the bait at the end. The fishcatches the bait, the boat goesafter the moving plastic bottle andgets the fish.As the fish is very fast and agile,hunting it with a spear is very difficultas they swim at an averagespeed of 60 km./hr., and, if necessary,their speed can reach upto 50 knots, that is, 92.6 km./hr.They can jump up to 6 m.out from the surface of thewater and it is very enjoyableto play one to the boatat the end of the fishing line.It comes leaping from thewater like a swordfish and isa very special fish to catchfor novice/amateur hunters.The region Europeans choose tohunt the Dorado is around the IsLambuka Balığı Ebatları / Size of the Dorado