| Yellowtail barracuda | |
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| Juveniles schooling, Dahab | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Family: | Sphyraenidae |
| Genus: | Sphyraena |
| Species: | S. flavicauda
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| Binomial name | |
| Sphyraena flavicauda Rüppell, 1838
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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The yellowtail barracuda (Sphyraena flavicauda) is one of the smaller species of barracuda of the family Sphyraenidae, which can be found in Indo-West Pacific oceans. It has also invaded the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal from the Red Sea, making it one of the Lessepsian migrants.
- ^ "Synonyms of Sphyraena flavicauda Rüppell, 1838". Fishbase.org. Retrieved 16 January 2017.