The name Dorado is tricky to translate, some translations lead to the name "goldfish" as in the Hawaiian fish mahi-mahi, rather than a pet goldfish. Some other old star atlases call it the swordfish. The constellation Dorado was named by Johann Bayer, a German lawyer and a celestial cartographer who lived from 1572-1592. The constellations he named are Apus, Chamaeleon, Dorado, Grus, Hydrus, Indus, Musca (or as Bayer called it, "Apis") Pavo, Phoenix Triangulum Austsrale, Tucana, and Volans.
Above is the Hawaiian mahi-mahi fish I talked of in my post.
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