Great barracuda

Great barracuda
Temporal range: Miocene to Present[1]
Great barracuda hovering in the current at Paradise Reef, Cozumel, Mexico
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Sphyraenidae
Genus: Sphyraena
Species:
S. barracuda
Binomial name
Sphyraena barracuda
(Edwards in Catesby, 1771)
Synonyms
List
  • Sphyraena barracuda Walbaum, 1792
  • Agrioposphyraena barracuda (Walbaum, 1792)
  • Esox barracuda Walbaum, 1792
  • Esox barracuda Edwards, 1771
  • Sphyraena becuna Lacepède, 1803
  • Sphyraena commersonii Cuvier, 1829
  • Sphyraena dussumieri Valenciennes, 1831
  • Sphyraena picuda Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  • Sphyraena sphyraena picuda Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Sphyraena barracuda, commonly known as the great barracuda, is a species of barracuda: large, predatory ray-finned fish found in subtropical oceans around the world.

  1. ^ Purdy, Robert W.; Schneider, Vincent P.; Applegate, Shelton P.; McLellan, Jack H.; Meyer, Robert L.; Slaughter, Bob H. (2001), The Neogene Sharks, Rays, and Bony Fishes from Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, vol. 90, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 71–202, doi:10.5479/si.00810266.90.71, retrieved 2024-08-29
  2. ^ Aiken, K.A.; Dooley, J.; Marechal, J.; Pina Amargos, F.; Russell, B.; Singh-Renton, S. (2017) [errata version of 2015 assessment]. "Sphyraena barracuda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T190399A115319634. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T190399A15603115.en.