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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%85" title="عقام – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="عقام" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat-og" title="Bat-og – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Bat-og" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barracuda" title="Barracuda – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Barracuda" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrakudas" title="Barrakudas – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Barrakudas" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nv mw-list-item"><a href="https://nv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C3%ADlnoodii_(%C5%82%C3%B3%C3%B3%CA%BC)" title="Yílnoodii (łóóʼ) – Navajo" lang="nv" hreflang="nv" data-title="Yílnoodii (łóóʼ)" data-language-autonym="Diné bizaad" data-language-local-name="Navajo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Diné bizaad</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrakuuda" title="Barrakuuda – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Barrakuuda" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B1" title="Μπαρακούντα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μπαρακούντα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphyraena" title="Sphyraena – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Sphyraena" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrakuda" title="Barrakuda – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Barrakuda" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86" title="کوترماهیان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کوترماهیان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphyraena" title="Sphyraena – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Sphyraena" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gom mw-list-item"><a href="https://gom.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonki" title="Tonki – Goan Konkani" lang="gom" hreflang="gom" data-title="Tonki" data-language-autonym="गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni" data-language-local-name="Goan Konkani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%BC%AC%EC%B9%98%EA%B3%A0%EA%B8%B0%EC%86%8D" title="꼬치고기속 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="꼬치고기속" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barakuda" title="Barakuda – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Barakuda" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barakuda" title="Barakuda – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Barakuda" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%93%D7%94" title="ברקודה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ברקודה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B0" title="Барракуда – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Барракуда" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barakudos" title="Barakudos – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Barakudos" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyilascsukaf%C3%A9l%C3%A9k" title="Nyilascsukafélék – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Nyilascsukafélék" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%85%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BE" title="बॅराकुडा – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="बॅराकुडा" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7" title="باراكودا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="باراكودا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alu-alu" title="Alu-alu – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Alu-alu" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphyraena" title="Sphyraena – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Sphyraena" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9" title="カマス – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="カマス" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barracudaer" title="Barracudaer – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Barracudaer" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphyraena" title="Sphyraena – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Sphyraena" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barracuda" title="Barracuda – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Barracuda" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sfirenide" title="Sfirenide – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Sfirenide" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%B4%D1%8B" title="Барракуды – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Барракуды" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barracuda" title="Barracuda – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Barracuda" 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data-title="Barrakudat" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphyraena" title="Sphyraena – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Sphyraena" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barakuda" title="Barakuda – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Barakuda" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE_(%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D)" title="சீலா (மீன்) – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" 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href="/wiki/Carangiformes" title="Carangiformes">Carangiformes</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Suborder: </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Centropomoidei&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Centropomoidei (page does not exist)">Centropomoidei</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Family: </td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sphyraenidae</a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Constantine_Samuel_Rafinesque" title="Constantine Samuel Rafinesque">Rafinesque</a>, 1815</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Genus: </td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Sphyraena</i></a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Theodor_Klein" title="Jacob Theodor Klein">J. T. Klein</a>, 1778</small> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Type_species" title="Type species">Type species</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><i><a href="/wiki/Sphyraena_sphyraena" title="Sphyraena sphyraena">Esox spet</a></i><br /><div style="font-size: 85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus" title="Carl Linnaeus">Linnaeus</a>, <a href="/wiki/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae" title="10th edition of Systema Naturae">1758</a>)</div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Synonym_(taxonomy)" title="Synonym (taxonomy)">Synonyms</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: left"> <ul><li><i>Sphyrena</i> <small>Artedi, 1793 (Missp.)</small></li> <li><i>Acus</i> <small>Plumier in Lacépède, 1803 (Unav.)</small></li> <li><i>Sphyroena</i> <small>Duméril, 1805 (Missp.)</small></li> <li><i>Sphaerina</i> <small>Swainson, 1839 (Missp.)</small></li> <li><i>Sphraena</i> <small>De Kay, 1842 (Missp.)</small></li> <li><i>Agrioposphyraena</i> <small>Fowler, 1903</small></li> <li><i>Australuzza</i> <small>Whitley, 1947</small></li> <li><i>Callosphyraena</i> <small>Smith, 1956</small></li> <li><i>Indosphyraena</i> <small>Smith, 1956</small></li> <li><i>Sphyraenella</i> <small>Smith, 1956</small></li></ul> </td></tr> </tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238732961">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:transparent}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:white}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.biota .taxobox-edit-taxonomy img{background:transparent!important}body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox{margin-top:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox tr.taxonrow td{padding:2px 10px}</style> <p>A <b>barracuda</b> is a large, predatory, <a href="/wiki/Actinopterygii" title="Actinopterygii">ray-finned</a>, saltwater <a href="/wiki/Fish" title="Fish">fish</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Genus" title="Genus">genus</a> <i><b>Sphyraena</b></i>, the only genus in the family Sphyraenidae, which was named by <a href="/wiki/Constantine_Samuel_Rafinesque" title="Constantine Samuel Rafinesque">Constantine Samuel Rafinesque</a> in 1815.<sup id="cite_ref-WoRMS_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WoRMS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is found in tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide ranging from the eastern border of the Atlantic Ocean to the <a href="/wiki/Red_Sea" title="Red Sea">Red Sea</a>, on its western border the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Sea" title="Caribbean Sea">Caribbean Sea</a>, and in tropical areas of the Pacific Ocean. 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They have large, pointed heads with an underbite in many species. Their gill covers have no spines and are covered with small <a href="/wiki/Scale_(zoology)" title="Scale (zoology)">scales</a>. Their two <a href="/wiki/Dorsal_fin" title="Dorsal fin">dorsal fins</a> are widely separated, with the anterior fin having five spines, and the posterior fin having one spine and nine soft rays. The posterior dorsal fin is similar in size to the <a href="/wiki/Anal_fin" class="mw-redirect" title="Anal fin">anal fin</a> and is situated above it. The <a href="/wiki/Lateral_line" title="Lateral line">lateral line</a> is prominent and extends straight from head to tail. The spinous dorsal fin is placed above the <a href="/wiki/Pelvic_fin" title="Pelvic fin">pelvic fins</a> and is normally retracted in a groove. The <a href="/wiki/Caudal_fin" class="mw-redirect" title="Caudal fin">caudal fin</a> is moderately forked with its posterior edge double-curved and is set at the end of a stout <a href="/wiki/Caudal_peduncle" class="mw-redirect" title="Caudal peduncle">peduncle</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Pectoral_fins" class="mw-redirect" title="Pectoral fins">pectoral fins</a> are placed low on the sides. The <a href="/wiki/Swim_bladder" title="Swim bladder">swim bladder</a> is large, allowing for minimal energy expenditure while cruising or remaining idle.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sphyraenidae_-_Sphyraena_helleri.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Sphyraenidae_-_Sphyraena_helleri.JPG/220px-Sphyraenidae_-_Sphyraena_helleri.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Sphyraenidae_-_Sphyraena_helleri.JPG/330px-Sphyraenidae_-_Sphyraena_helleri.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Sphyraenidae_-_Sphyraena_helleri.JPG/440px-Sphyraenidae_-_Sphyraena_helleri.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1950" data-file-height="1461" /></a><figcaption>Heller's barracuda (<i><a href="/wiki/Sphyraena_helleri" title="Sphyraena helleri">S. helleri</a></i>)</figcaption></figure> <p>In most cases, barracuda are dark gray, dark green, white, or blue on the upper body, with silvery sides and a chalky-white belly. Coloration varies somewhat between species. For some species, irregular black spots or a row of darker cross-bars occur on each side. Their fins may be yellowish or dusky. Barracudas live primarily in oceans, but certain species, such as the great barracuda, live in <a href="/wiki/Brackish_water" title="Brackish water">brackish water</a>. Due to similarities, sometimes Barracuda is compared with freshwater <a href="/wiki/Esox" title="Esox">pike</a>, though the major difference between the two is that Barracuda has two separate <a href="/wiki/Dorsal_fin" title="Dorsal fin">dorsal fins</a> with a forked tail, unlike the freshwater pike.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some species grow quite large (up to 65 inches or 165 cm in length),<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> such as <i>Sphyraena sphyraena</i>, found in the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a> and eastern <a href="/wiki/Atlantic" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic">Atlantic</a>; <i>Sphyraena picudilla</i>, ranging on the Atlantic coast of tropical America from <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a> to Brazil and reaching <a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a>. Other barracuda species are found around the world. Examples are <i>Sphyraena argentea</i>, found from <a href="/wiki/Puget_Sound" title="Puget Sound">Puget Sound</a> southwards to <a href="/wiki/Cabo_San_Lucas" title="Cabo San Lucas">Cabo San Lucas</a>, <i>Sphyraena jello</i>, from the seas of India and the <a href="/wiki/Malay_Peninsula" title="Malay Peninsula">Malay Peninsula</a> and Archipelago. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Species">Species</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barracuda&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Species"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Barracuda_laban_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Barracuda_laban_cropped.jpg/240px-Barracuda_laban_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Barracuda_laban_cropped.jpg/360px-Barracuda_laban_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Barracuda_laban_cropped.jpg/480px-Barracuda_laban_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="998" data-file-height="384" /></a><figcaption>Great barracuda (<i><a href="/wiki/Great_barracuda" title="Great barracuda">S. barracuda</a></i>)</figcaption></figure><p>The barracuda genus <i>Sphyraena</i> contains 29 species:<sup id="cite_ref-Fishbase821_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fishbase821-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><ul><li><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pickhandle_barracuda_(Sphyraena_jello)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Pickhandle_barracuda_%28Sphyraena_jello%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/240px-Pickhandle_barracuda_%28Sphyraena_jello%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Pickhandle_barracuda_%28Sphyraena_jello%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/360px-Pickhandle_barracuda_%28Sphyraena_jello%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Pickhandle_barracuda_%28Sphyraena_jello%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/480px-Pickhandle_barracuda_%28Sphyraena_jello%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4031" data-file-height="1168" /></a><figcaption>Pickhandle barracuda (<i><a href="/wiki/Pickhandle_barracuda" title="Pickhandle barracuda">S. jello</a></i>)</figcaption></figure><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpfin_barracuda" title="Sharpfin barracuda">Sphyraena acutipinnis</a></i> <small><a href="/wiki/Francis_Day" title="Francis Day">F. Day</a>, 1876</small> (Sharpfin barracuda)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sphyraena_afra" title="Sphyraena afra">Sphyraena afra</a></i> <small><a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Karl_Hartwich_Peters" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilhelm Karl Hartwich Peters">W. K. H. Peters</a>, 1844</small> (Guinean barracuda)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sphyraena_arabiansis" title="Sphyraena arabiansis">Sphyraena arabiansis</a></i> <small>E. M. Abdussamad, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Thaichira_Bahuleyan_Ratheesh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thaichira Bahuleyan Ratheesh (page does not exist)">Ratheesh</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ramachandran_Thangaraja&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ramachandran Thangaraja (page does not exist)">Thangaraja</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kinattum_Kara_Bineesh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kinattum Kara Bineesh (page does not exist)">Bineesh</a> & D. Prakashan, 2015</small> (Arabian barracuda)<sup id="cite_ref-Abdussamad2015_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Abdussamad2015-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:YamatoKS_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/YamatoKS_%28cropped%29.jpg/240px-YamatoKS_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/YamatoKS_%28cropped%29.jpg/360px-YamatoKS_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/YamatoKS_%28cropped%29.jpg/480px-YamatoKS_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="583" data-file-height="162" /></a><figcaption>Japanese barracuda(<i><a href="/wiki/Sphyraena_japonica" class="mw-redirect" title="Sphyraena japonica">S. japonica</a></i>)</figcaption></figure><i><a href="/wiki/Pacific_barracuda" title="Pacific barracuda">Sphyraena argentea</a></i> <small><a href="/wiki/Charles_Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Girard" title="Charles Frédéric Girard">Girard</a>, 1854</small> (Pacific barracuda)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Great_barracuda" title="Great barracuda">Sphyraena barracuda</a></i> <small>(<a href="/wiki/George_Edwards_(naturalist)" title="George Edwards (naturalist)">G. Edwards</a>, 1771)</small> (Great barracuda)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Northern_sennet" title="Northern sennet">Sphyraena borealis</a></i> <small><a href="/wiki/James_Ellsworth_DeKay" class="mw-redirect" title="James Ellsworth DeKay">DeKay</a>, 1842</small> (Northern sennet)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sphyraena_chrysotaenia" title="Sphyraena chrysotaenia">Sphyraena chrysotaenia</a></i> <small><a href="/wiki/Carl_Benjamin_Klunzinger" title="Carl Benjamin Klunzinger">Klunzinger</a>, 1884</small> (Yellowstripe barracuda)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mexican_barracuda" title="Mexican barracuda">Sphyraena ensis</a></i> <small><a href="/wiki/David_Starr_Jordan" title="David Starr Jordan">D. S. Jordan</a> & <a href="/wiki/Charles_Henry_Gilbert" title="Charles Henry Gilbert">C. H. Gilbert</a>, 1882</small> (Mexican barracuda)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sphyraena_flavicauda" class="mw-redirect" title="Sphyraena flavicauda">Sphyraena flavicauda</a></i> <small><a href="/wiki/Eduard_R%C3%BCppell" title="Eduard Rüppell">Rüppell</a>, 1838</small> (Yellowtail barracuda)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bigeye_barracuda" title="Bigeye barracuda">Sphyraena forsteri</a></i> <small><a href="/wiki/Georges_Cuvier" title="Georges Cuvier">G. Cuvier</a>, 1829</small> (Bigeye barracuda)<figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sphyraena_obtusata_(cropped).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Sphyraena_obtusata_%28cropped%29.JPG/240px-Sphyraena_obtusata_%28cropped%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="240" height="52" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Sphyraena_obtusata_%28cropped%29.JPG/360px-Sphyraena_obtusata_%28cropped%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Sphyraena_obtusata_%28cropped%29.JPG/480px-Sphyraena_obtusata_%28cropped%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1164" data-file-height="253" /></a><figcaption>Obtuse barracuda (<i><a href="/wiki/Obtuse_barracuda" title="Obtuse barracuda">S. obtusata</a></i>)</figcaption></figure><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sphyraena_pinguis_tokai_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Sphyraena_pinguis_tokai_%28cropped%29.jpg/240px-Sphyraena_pinguis_tokai_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Sphyraena_pinguis_tokai_%28cropped%29.jpg/360px-Sphyraena_pinguis_tokai_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Sphyraena_pinguis_tokai_%28cropped%29.jpg/480px-Sphyraena_pinguis_tokai_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="1066" /></a><figcaption>Red barracuda (<i><a href="/wiki/Sphyraena_pinguis" title="Sphyraena pinguis">Sphyraena pinguis</a></i>)</figcaption></figure><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bicuda_(Sphyraena_viridensis),_franja_marina_Teno-Rasca,_Tenerife,_Espa%C3%B1a,_2022-01-08,_DD_40_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Bicuda_%28Sphyraena_viridensis%29%2C_franja_marina_Teno-Rasca%2C_Tenerife%2C_Espa%C3%B1a%2C_2022-01-08%2C_DD_40_%28cropped%29.jpg/240px-Bicuda_%28Sphyraena_viridensis%29%2C_franja_marina_Teno-Rasca%2C_Tenerife%2C_Espa%C3%B1a%2C_2022-01-08%2C_DD_40_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Bicuda_%28Sphyraena_viridensis%29%2C_franja_marina_Teno-Rasca%2C_Tenerife%2C_Espa%C3%B1a%2C_2022-01-08%2C_DD_40_%28cropped%29.jpg/360px-Bicuda_%28Sphyraena_viridensis%29%2C_franja_marina_Teno-Rasca%2C_Tenerife%2C_Espa%C3%B1a%2C_2022-01-08%2C_DD_40_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Bicuda_%28Sphyraena_viridensis%29%2C_franja_marina_Teno-Rasca%2C_Tenerife%2C_Espa%C3%B1a%2C_2022-01-08%2C_DD_40_%28cropped%29.jpg/480px-Bicuda_%28Sphyraena_viridensis%29%2C_franja_marina_Teno-Rasca%2C_Tenerife%2C_Espa%C3%B1a%2C_2022-01-08%2C_DD_40_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1921" data-file-height="615" /></a><figcaption>Yellowmouth barracuda (<i><a href="/wiki/Sphyraena_viridensis" title="Sphyraena viridensis">S. viridensis</a></i>)</figcaption></figure></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sphyraena_guachancho" class="mw-redirect" title="Sphyraena guachancho">Sphyraena guachancho</a></i> <small><a href="/wiki/Georges_Cuvier" title="Georges Cuvier">G. Cuvier</a>, 1829</small> (Guachanche barracuda)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sphyraena_helleri" title="Sphyraena helleri">Sphyraena helleri</a></i> <small><a href="/w/index.php?title=Olivier_Peebles_Jenkins&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Olivier Peebles Jenkins (page does not exist)">O. T. Jenkins</a>, 1901</small> (Heller's barracuda)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sphyraena_iburiensis" title="Sphyraena iburiensis">Sphyraena iburiensis</a></i> <small><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ryu_Doiuchi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ryu Doiuchi (page does not exist)">Doiuchi</a> & <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tetsuji_Nakabo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tetsuji Nakabo (page does not exist)">Nakabo</a>, 2005</small></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sphyraena_idiastes" class="mw-redirect" title="Sphyraena idiastes">Sphyraena idiastes</a></i> <small><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Heller" title="Edmund Heller">Heller</a> & <a href="/wiki/Robert_Evans_Snodgrass" title="Robert Evans Snodgrass">Snodgrass</a>, 1903</small> (Pelican barracuda)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sphyraena_intermedia" title="Sphyraena intermedia">Sphyraena intermedia</a></i> <small><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michele_A._Pastore&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michele A. Pastore (page does not exist)">Pastore</a>, 2009</small><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sphyraena_japonica" class="mw-redirect" title="Sphyraena japonica">Sphyraena japonica</a></i> <small><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Elieser_Bloch" title="Marcus Elieser Bloch">Bloch</a> & <a href="/wiki/Johann_Gottlob_Schneider" class="mw-redirect" title="Johann Gottlob Schneider">J. G. Schneider</a>, 1801</small> (Japanese barracuda)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sphyraena_jello" class="mw-redirect" title="Sphyraena jello">Sphyraena jello</a></i> <small><a href="/wiki/Georges_Cuvier" title="Georges Cuvier">G. Cuvier</a>, 1829</small> (Pickhandle barracuda)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sphyraena_lucasana" title="Sphyraena lucasana">Sphyraena lucasana</a></i> <small><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Nicholas_Gill" class="mw-redirect" title="Theodore Nicholas Gill">T. N. Gill</a>, 1863</small> (Lucas barracuda)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sphyraena_novaehollandiae" class="mw-redirect" title="Sphyraena novaehollandiae">Sphyraena novaehollandiae</a></i> <small><a href="/wiki/Albert_G%C3%BCnther" title="Albert Günther">Günther</a>, 1860</small> (Australian barracuda)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sphyraena_obtusata" class="mw-redirect" title="Sphyraena obtusata">Sphyraena obtusata</a></i> <small><a href="/wiki/Georges_Cuvier" title="Georges Cuvier">G. Cuvier</a>, 1829</small> (Obtuse barracuda)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sphyraena_picudilla" class="mw-redirect" title="Sphyraena picudilla">Sphyraena picudilla</a></i> <small><a href="/wiki/Felipe_Poey_y_Aloy" class="mw-redirect" title="Felipe Poey y Aloy">Poey</a>, 1860</small> (Southern sennet)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sphyraena_pinguis" title="Sphyraena pinguis">Sphyraena pinguis</a></i> <small><a href="/wiki/Albert_G%C3%BCnther" title="Albert Günther">Günther</a>, 1874</small> (Red barracuda)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sphyraena_putnamae" title="Sphyraena putnamae">Sphyraena putnamae</a></i> <small><a href="/wiki/David_Starr_Jordan" title="David Starr Jordan">D. S. Jordan</a> & <a href="/wiki/Alvin_Seale" title="Alvin Seale">Seale</a>, 1905</small> (Sawtooth barracuda)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sphyraena_qenie" class="mw-redirect" title="Sphyraena qenie">Sphyraena qenie</a></i> <small><a href="/wiki/Carl_Benjamin_Klunzinger" title="Carl Benjamin Klunzinger">Klunzinger</a>, 1870</small> (Blackfin barracuda)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sphyraena_sphyraena" title="Sphyraena sphyraena">Sphyraena sphyraena</a></i> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus" title="Carl Linnaeus">Linnaeus</a>, <a href="/wiki/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae" title="10th edition of Systema Naturae">1758</a>)</small> (European barracuda)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sphyraena_tome" title="Sphyraena tome">Sphyraena tome</a></i> <small><a href="/wiki/Henry_Weed_Fowler" title="Henry Weed Fowler">Fowler</a>, 1903</small></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sphyraena_viridensis" title="Sphyraena viridensis">Sphyraena viridensis</a></i> <small><a href="/wiki/Georges_Cuvier" title="Georges Cuvier">G. Cuvier</a>, 1829</small> (Yellowmouth barracuda)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sphyraena_waitii" title="Sphyraena waitii">Sphyraena waitii</a></i> <small><a href="/wiki/William_Ogilby" title="William Ogilby">W. Ogilby</a>, 1908</small></li></ul> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sphyraena_bolcensis_34.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Sphyraena_bolcensis_34.JPG/240px-Sphyraena_bolcensis_34.JPG" decoding="async" width="240" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Sphyraena_bolcensis_34.JPG/360px-Sphyraena_bolcensis_34.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Sphyraena_bolcensis_34.JPG/480px-Sphyraena_bolcensis_34.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2453" data-file-height="804" /></a><figcaption>†<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sphyraena_bolcensis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sphyraena bolcensis (page does not exist)">Sphyraena bolcensis</a></i>, the earliest known fossil barracuda</figcaption></figure><p>The following fossil species are also known:<sup id="cite_ref-:0_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><ul><li>†<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sphyraena_amici&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sphyraena amici (page does not exist)">"<i>Sphyraena</i>" <i>amici</i></a> <small><a href="/wiki/Louis_Agassiz" title="Louis Agassiz">Agassiz</a>, 1843</small></li> <li>†<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sphyraena_bognorensis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sphyraena bognorensis (page does not exist)">Sphyraena bognorensis</a></i> <small>Casier, 1966</small></li> <li>†<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sphyraena_bolcensis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sphyraena bolcensis (page does not exist)">Sphyraena bolcensis</a></i> <small><a href="/wiki/Louis_Agassiz" title="Louis Agassiz">Agassiz</a>, 1844</small></li> <li>†<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sphyraena_crassidens&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sphyraena crassidens (page does not exist)">Sphyraena crassidens</a></i> <small><a href="/wiki/Lieven_Ferdinand_de_Beaufort" title="Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort">de Beaufort</a>, 1926</small></li> <li>†<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sphyraena_croatica&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sphyraena croatica (page does not exist)">Sphyraena croatica</a></i> <small><a href="/wiki/Dragutin_Gorjanovi%C4%87-Kramberger" title="Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger">Gorjanović-Kramberger</a>, 1882</small></li> <li>†<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sphyraena_cunhai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sphyraena cunhai (page does not exist)">Sphyraena cunhai</a></i> <small>da Silva Santos & Travassos, 1960</small></li> <li>†<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sphyraena_egleri&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sphyraena egleri (page does not exist)">Sphyraena egleri</a></i> <small>da Silva Santos & Travassos, 1960</small></li> <li>†<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sphyraena_fajumensis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sphyraena fajumensis (page does not exist)">Sphyraena fajumensis</a></i> <small>(Dames, 1883)</small></li> <li>†<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sphyraena_hansfuchsi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sphyraena hansfuchsi (page does not exist)">Sphyraena hansfuchsi</a></i> <small>(Schubert, 1906)</small></li> <li>†<i><a href="/wiki/Sphyraena_intermedia" title="Sphyraena intermedia">Sphyraena intermedia</a></i> <small>Bassani, 1889</small></li> <li>†<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sphyraena_kugleri&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sphyraena kugleri (page does not exist)">Sphyraena kugleri</a></i> <small>Casier, 1966</small></li> <li>†<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sphyraena_longimana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sphyraena longimana (page does not exist)">Sphyraena longimana</a></i> <small><a href="/wiki/Camille_Arambourg" title="Camille Arambourg">Arambourg</a>, 1966</small></li> <li>†<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sphyraena_lugardi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sphyraena lugardi (page does not exist)">Sphyraena lugardi</a></i> <small><a href="/wiki/Errol_White" title="Errol White">White</a>, 1926</small></li> <li>†<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sphyraena_major&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sphyraena major (page does not exist)">Sphyraena major</a></i> <small>Leidy, 1855</small></li> <li>†<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sphyraena_malembeensis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sphyraena malembeensis (page does not exist)">Sphyraena malembeensis</a></i> <small>Dartevelle & Casier, 1943</small></li> <li>†<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sphyraena_pannonica&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sphyraena pannonica (page does not exist)">Sphyraena pannonica</a></i> <small>Weiler, 1938</small></li> <li>†<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sphyraena_senni&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sphyraena senni (page does not exist)">Sphyraena senni</a></i> <small>Casier, 1966</small></li> <li>†<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sphyraena_sternbergensis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sphyraena sternbergensis (page does not exist)">Sphyraena sternbergensis</a></i> <small>Winkler, 1875</small></li> <li>†<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sphyraena_striata&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sphyraena striata (page does not exist)">Sphyraena striata</a></i> <small>Casier, 1946</small></li> <li>†<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sphyraena_substriata&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sphyraena substriata (page does not exist)">Sphyraena substriata</a></i> <small>(Münster, 1846)</small></li> <li>†<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sphyraena_suessi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sphyraena suessi (page does not exist)">Sphyraena suessi</a></i> <small>Gorjanović-Kramberger, 1882</small></li> <li>†<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sphyraena_tsengi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sphyraena tsengi (page does not exist)">Sphyraena tsengi</a></i> <small>Tao, 1993</small><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>†<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sphyraena_tyrolensis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sphyraena tyrolensis (page does not exist)">Sphyraena tyrolensis</a></i> <small>von Meyer, 1863</small></li> <li>†<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sphyraena_viannai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sphyraena viannai (page does not exist)">Sphyraena viannai</a></i> <small>Dartevelle & Casier, 1949</small></li> <li>†<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sphyraena_viennensis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sphyraena viennensis (page does not exist)">"<i>Sphyraena</i>" <i>viennensis</i></a> <small><a href="/wiki/Franz_Steindachner" title="Franz Steindachner">Steindachner</a>, 1859</small></li> <li>†<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sphyraena_weberi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sphyraena weberi (page does not exist)">Sphyraena weberi</a></i> <small>Leriche, 1954</small></li> <li>†<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sphyraena_winkleri&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sphyraena winkleri (page does not exist)">Sphyraena winkleri</a></i> <small>Lawley, 1876</small></li></ul> <p>A related fossil genus, <i><a href="/wiki/Parasphyraena" title="Parasphyraena">Parasphyraena</a></i>, is known from the Miocene of <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Behaviour_and_diet">Behaviour and diet</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barracuda&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Behaviour and diet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Barracuda_with_prey.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Barracuda_with_prey.jpg/220px-Barracuda_with_prey.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Barracuda_with_prey.jpg/330px-Barracuda_with_prey.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Barracuda_with_prey.jpg/440px-Barracuda_with_prey.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1796" data-file-height="1172" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Great_barracuda" title="Great barracuda">Great barracuda</a> with prey</figcaption></figure> <p>Barracudas are ferocious, opportunistic <a href="/wiki/Predator" class="mw-redirect" title="Predator">predators</a>, relying on surprise and short bursts of speed, up to 27 mph (43 km/h),<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to overtake their prey. </p><p>Adults of most species are more or less solitary, while young and half-grown fish frequently congregate. </p><p>Barracudas prey primarily on fish (which may include some as large as themselves). Common prey fish include <a href="/wiki/Carangidae" title="Carangidae">jacks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haemulidae" title="Haemulidae">grunts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grouper" title="Grouper">groupers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lutjanidae" title="Lutjanidae">snappers</a>, small <a href="/wiki/Tuna" title="Tuna">tunas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mullet_(fish)" title="Mullet (fish)">mullets</a>, <a href="/wiki/Killifish" title="Killifish">killifishes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Herring" title="Herring">herrings</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Anchovy" title="Anchovy">anchovies</a>; often by simply biting them in half.<sup id="cite_ref-atlanticpanic1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-atlanticpanic1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They kill and consume larger prey by tearing chunks out of their prey. They also seem to consume smaller species of sustenance that are in front of them. Barracuda species are often seen competing against <a href="/wiki/Mackerel" title="Mackerel">mackerel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Needle_fish" class="mw-redirect" title="Needle fish">needle fish</a> and sometimes even <a href="/wiki/Dolphins" class="mw-redirect" title="Dolphins">dolphins</a> for prey.<sup id="cite_ref-pawnation1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pawnation1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Barracudas are usually found swimming in saltwater searching for schools of plankton-feeding fish. Their silver and elongated bodies make them difficult for prey to detect, especially when viewed head-on. Barracudas depend heavily on their eyesight when they are out hunting. When hunting, they tend to notice everything that has an unusual color, reflection, or movement. Once a barracuda targets an intended prey item, its long tail and matching anal and dorsal fins enable it to move with swift bursts of speed to attack its prey before it can escape. Barracudas generally attack schools of fish, speeding at them head first and biting at them with their jaws. When barracudas age, they tend to swim alone. However, there are times when they tend to stay with the pack. Barracudas will sometimes swim in groups. In this case, they can relocate schools of fish into compact areas or lead them into shallow water to more easily feed on them.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interactions_with_humans">Interactions with humans</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barracuda&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Interactions with humans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some species of barracuda are reputed to be dangerous to swimmers. Barracudas are scavengers, and may mistake snorkelers for large predators, following them hoping to eat the remains of their prey. Swimmers have reported being bitten by barracudas, but such incidents are rare and possibly caused by poor visibility. Large barracudas can be encountered in muddy shallows on rare occasion. Barracudas may mistake things that glint and shine, like jewelry, for prey.<sup id="cite_ref-flmnh_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-flmnh-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One incident reported a barracuda jumping out of water and injuring a kayaker,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but Jason Schratwieser, conservation director of the <a href="/wiki/International_Game_Fish_Association" title="International Game Fish Association">International Game Fish Association</a>, said that the wound could have been caused by a <a href="/wiki/Houndfish" title="Houndfish">houndfish</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fatalities are nevertheless rare. Deaths have been reported in 1947 in Florida, 1957 in North Carolina and 1960 in Florida, again. <sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="As_food">As food</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barracuda&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: As food"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sphyraena_pinguis_grilled.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Sphyraena_pinguis_grilled.jpg/220px-Sphyraena_pinguis_grilled.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Sphyraena_pinguis_grilled.jpg/330px-Sphyraena_pinguis_grilled.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Sphyraena_pinguis_grilled.jpg/440px-Sphyraena_pinguis_grilled.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="2235" /></a><figcaption>Grilled <a href="/wiki/Sphyraena_pinguis" title="Sphyraena pinguis">red barracuda</a> in Japan</figcaption></figure> <p>Barracudas are popular both as food and <a href="/wiki/Game_fish" title="Game fish">game fish</a>. They are most often eaten as fillets or steaks. Larger species, such as the <a href="/wiki/Great_barracuda" title="Great barracuda">great barracuda</a>, have been implicated in cases of <a href="/wiki/Ciguatera" class="mw-redirect" title="Ciguatera">ciguatera</a> food poisoning.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Those who have been diagnosed with this type of food poisoning display symptoms of gastrointestinal discomfort, limb weakness, and an inability to differentiate hot from cold effectively.<sup id="cite_ref-atlanticpanic1_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-atlanticpanic1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/West_Africa" title="West Africa">West Africans</a> <a href="/wiki/Smoking_(cooking)" title="Smoking (cooking)">smoke</a> them for use in <a href="/wiki/Soup" title="Soup">soups</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sauce" title="Sauce">sauces</a>. Smoking protects the soft flesh from disintegrating in the broth and gives it a smoky flavour. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barracuda&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional" style="max-width: 1624px;"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Diver_in_school_of_barracudas.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Scuba diver swimming inside a group of Sphyraena putnamae off Ko Tao, Thailand"><img alt="Scuba diver swimming inside a group of Sphyraena putnamae off Ko Tao, Thailand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Diver_in_school_of_barracudas.jpg/120px-Diver_in_school_of_barracudas.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Diver_in_school_of_barracudas.jpg/180px-Diver_in_school_of_barracudas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Diver_in_school_of_barracudas.jpg/240px-Diver_in_school_of_barracudas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Scuba diver swimming inside a group of <i><a href="/wiki/Sphyraena_putnamae" title="Sphyraena putnamae">Sphyraena putnamae</a></i> off <a href="/wiki/Ko_Tao" title="Ko Tao">Ko Tao</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Great_Barracuda_close-up,_western_Puerto_Rico.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Close-up of Sphyraena barracuda"><img alt="Close-up of Sphyraena barracuda" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Great_Barracuda_close-up%2C_western_Puerto_Rico.jpg/160px-Great_Barracuda_close-up%2C_western_Puerto_Rico.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Great_Barracuda_close-up%2C_western_Puerto_Rico.jpg/240px-Great_Barracuda_close-up%2C_western_Puerto_Rico.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Great_Barracuda_close-up%2C_western_Puerto_Rico.jpg/320px-Great_Barracuda_close-up%2C_western_Puerto_Rico.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Close-up of <i><a href="/wiki/Great_barracuda" title="Great barracuda">Sphyraena barracuda</a></i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:School_of_blackfin_barracuda_(sphyraena_qenie).JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="School of Sphyraena qenie at Elphinstone Reef in the Red Sea"><img alt="School of Sphyraena qenie at Elphinstone Reef in the Red Sea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/School_of_blackfin_barracuda_%28sphyraena_qenie%29.JPG/150px-School_of_blackfin_barracuda_%28sphyraena_qenie%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/School_of_blackfin_barracuda_%28sphyraena_qenie%29.JPG/225px-School_of_blackfin_barracuda_%28sphyraena_qenie%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/School_of_blackfin_barracuda_%28sphyraena_qenie%29.JPG/300px-School_of_blackfin_barracuda_%28sphyraena_qenie%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2609" data-file-height="2781" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">School of <i><a href="/wiki/Blackfin_barracuda" title="Blackfin barracuda">Sphyraena qenie</a></i> at Elphinstone Reef in the <a href="/wiki/Red_Sea" title="Red Sea">Red Sea</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:School_of_barracuda.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="A battery of Sphyraena putnamae in Bora Bora"><img alt="A battery of Sphyraena putnamae in Bora Bora" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/School_of_barracuda.JPG/160px-School_of_barracuda.JPG" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/School_of_barracuda.JPG/240px-School_of_barracuda.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/School_of_barracuda.JPG/320px-School_of_barracuda.JPG 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A battery of <i>Sphyraena putnamae</i> in <a href="/wiki/Bora_Bora" title="Bora Bora">Bora Bora</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sphyraena_flavicauda.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="A battery of Sphyraena flavicauda off Dayang, Malaysia"><img alt="A battery of Sphyraena flavicauda off Dayang, Malaysia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Sphyraena_flavicauda.JPG/160px-Sphyraena_flavicauda.JPG" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Sphyraena_flavicauda.JPG/240px-Sphyraena_flavicauda.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Sphyraena_flavicauda.JPG/320px-Sphyraena_flavicauda.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A battery of <i><a href="/wiki/Yellowtail_barracuda" title="Yellowtail barracuda">Sphyraena flavicauda</a></i> off <a href="/wiki/Dayang_Island" title="Dayang Island">Dayang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sphyraena_borealis.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sphyraena borealis"><img alt="Sphyraena borealis" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Sphyraena_borealis.jpg/160px-Sphyraena_borealis.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="44" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Sphyraena_borealis.jpg/240px-Sphyraena_borealis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Sphyraena_borealis.jpg/320px-Sphyraena_borealis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1756" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i><a href="/wiki/Northern_sennet" title="Northern sennet">Sphyraena borealis</a></i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Barracuda_-_Fish_Market.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Woman carrying a barracuda in Madagascar"><img alt="Woman carrying a barracuda in Madagascar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Barracuda_-_Fish_Market.jpg/149px-Barracuda_-_Fish_Market.jpg" decoding="async" width="149" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Barracuda_-_Fish_Market.jpg/223px-Barracuda_-_Fish_Market.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Barracuda_-_Fish_Market.jpg/297px-Barracuda_-_Fish_Market.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2113" data-file-height="2275" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Woman carrying a barracuda in <a href="/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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