C-x C-f blah.info opens the file in fundametal mode. I used apropos and found Info-mode which I thought might change from fundamental mode
C-x C-f blah.info
apropos
Info-mode
When your cursor is on the filename in the dired buffer, press I (shift and i). Requires dired-x, which is part of GNU Emacs.
dired
I
shift
i
I runs the command dired-info which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `dired-x.el'. It is bound to I. (dired-info) Run info on this file.