The first case of capture of сommon dolphinfish Coryphaena hippurus (Coryphaenidae) in the inner estuary waters of Russia

Common dolphinfish Coryphaena hippurus , 104 cm long and weighing 6.0 kg, was caught in the Razdolnaya River estuary (Peter the Great Bay, Japan Sea) at a distance of more than 2.5 km upstream from the mouth bar. This species is an active epipelagic predator and has not been previously recorded anywhere in the internal estuaries of Russia.