Thyrsites

Thyrsites
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Gempylidae
Genus: Thyrsites
Lesson, 1831
Species:
T. atun
Binomial name
Thyrsites atun
(Euphrasén, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Scomber atun Euphrasén, 1791
  • Leionura atun (Euphrasén, 1791)
  • Scomber dentatus J. R. Forster, 1801
  • Leionura atun dentatus (J. R. Forster, 1801)
  • Thyrsites chilensis G. Cuvier, 1832
  • Scomber lanceolatus G. Cuvier, 1832
  • Thyrsites altivelis J. Richardson, 1839
  • Scomber dentex J. R. Forster, 1843 (ambiguous homonym)
  • Scomber splendens J. Richardson, 1843 (ambiguous name)
The certain global range and distribution of Cape Snoek.[1]

Thyrsites atun (Euphrasén, 1791), known as the snoek in South Africa and as the barracouta in Australasia, is a long, thin species of snake mackerel found in the seas of the Southern Hemisphere, and a popular food fish in South Africa, particularly along the west and southwest coast. Despite its Australasian name, it is not closely related to the barracuda.

  1. ^ "Snoek distribution map". Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved May 6, 2011.