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Bigeye Barracuda

Sphyraena forsteri

Also known as: Bigeye Sea Pike, Blackspot Barracuda, Blotched Sea Pike, Forster's Barracuda, Forster's Sea Pike, Sea Pike

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2024
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@JarJar · Praslin, Seychelles · February 20171 / 1
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Overview

Found in large schools, during the day stationary above reef patches, dispersing at night to forage for food, over lagoons and outer reef slopes.

Barracudas are large and torpedo shaped with an awesome array of teeth.
Can be quite curious and approach divers but are relatively harmless to divers!

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How to identify

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Behaviour
approaches diverscurioushoveringnocturnalschooling

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
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Found in large schools, during the day stationary above reef patches, dispersing at night to forage for food, over lagoons and outer reef slopes.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderCarangaria incertae sedis
    5. familySphyraenidae
    6. genusSphyraena
    7. speciesSphyraena forsteri Cuvier, 1829

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