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Bony fish

European barracuda

Sphyraena sphyraena

Also known as: Mediterranean Barracuda, Sea Pike, Striped Barracuda

Adult
@sturmsucht · awef, Spain · November 20201 / 1
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Overview

Found singly or in small schools, in both coastal and off-shore waters.
They feed on cephalopods, crustaceans, but mostly fish.
Widespread Easter Atlantic, Western Atlantic, Mediterranean

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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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Atlantic, Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean
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Found singly or in small schools, in both coastal and off-shore waters.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderCarangaria incertae sedis
    5. familySphyraenidae
    6. genusSphyraena
    7. speciesSphyraena sphyraena (Linnaeus, 1758)

    SourcesWoRMSFishBase

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    More in the family

    Barracudas (Sphyraenidae)