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Dorado
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Coryphaena hippurus, the mahi-mahi or dolphin, a species of fish with a dorsal fin that runs the length of the body, also known for iridescent coloration.
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Fish caught off the coast include mackerel, bass, seabream, red snapper, triggerfish, dorado, ray, and sole, while crustaceans include shrimp and lobster.
The greater availability of air travel has increased anglers' access to many areas of the world and introduced them to new sport fish, such as the dorado of South America, the tigerfish of Africa, and the inconnu of northern North America and Asia.
The city has several recreational facilities, including a racecourse and a golf club; salmon and dorado fishing in the Uruguay River is an added tourist attraction.
The food and game fish called the common dolphin (C. hippuras) is known in Hawaiian as mahimahi and sometimes in Spanish as the dorado.
Fish are plentiful in the rivers, and surubí (a species of catfish), pacu (a large river fish), and dorado (which resemble salmon) are popular domestically.
Numerous ostariophysans provide sport fishers with recreation and food; several, such as the mahseers (several species of Tor) of Asia and the dorado (Salminus maxillosus) of South America, rank among the world's prized game fish.
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Ronald Reagan concluded that Libyan agents in East Berlin had been responsible for the explosion, and he approved retaliatory military action, which was given the code name Operation El Dorado Canyon.
Operation El Dorado Canyon drew heavy criticism from several countries, including the Arab countries, the Soviet Union, and France.
Libya bombings of 1986, also known as Operation El Dorado Canyon, U.S. air attacks on selected targets in Libya, launched on April 15 , 1986 in retaliation for that country's perceived terrorist activities.
Located on a site once owned by the Rockefeller dynasty, Dorado Beach has 114 rooms that start at just under £1,000 a night (yet sadly does not offer immunity from the sand flies for those taking in the sunset at its beachfront bar).
In the distance we can see Mount Roraima, which inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to write The Lost World - the Guianas were once thought to be home to the lost city of El Dorado and lured the British, French and Dutch in search of gold.
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