AnimalsCroatia
Mahi-mahi Fun facts for kids
Coryphaena hippurus
The mahi-mahi lives in warm seas all over the world and eats flying fish and squid.
- Where it lives
- in warm seas all over the world
- What it eats
- flying fish and squid
- How big it is
- much longer than a cat
Fun facts about the mahi-mahi
The ones Sammy likes best. She tells them in the game, too.
Mahi-mahi shine gold, green and blue, and their colours can flash and change in a moment.
Flying fish are its favourite food, and it chases them right at the water's surface as they glide.
Mahi-mahi are powerful jumpers and often leap high out of the water.
Mahi-mahi are one of the fastest growing fish, getting heavier super quickly in their first year.
Mahi-mahi like to hide and hunt under floating seaweed and logs drifting in the ocean.
Grown-up boy mahi-mahi have a tall, flat, steep forehead, while girls have a rounder head.
A mahi-mahi has one very long fin running along almost its whole back, from head to tail.
A mahi-mahi can lay eggs when it is only a few months old.
Riddle
Can a friend guess it?
Read the clues to someone, one at a time, without saying the animal. How many clues do they need? Fewer is better, just like in the game.
I live in warm seas all over the world, close to the top of the water.
I like to hide and hunt under seaweed and logs that float in the sea.
I grow super fast, and I can lay eggs when I'm only a few months old.
Flying fish are my favourite food, and I chase them as they glide above the waves.
I shine gold, green and blue, and the grown-up boys among us have a tall, flat forehead.
Sammy might be thinking of a mahi-mahi.
In Thought Zoo, Sammy picks an animal and you ask her yes-or-no questions to find it. You'll find the mahi-mahi in the Croatia adventure.
Play the CroatiaComing to iPad, iPhone and Android on 12 January 2027
