Great Barracuda Sphyraena barracuda
Barracuda are fast-moving predators with needle-sharp teeth and an undeserved reputation for ferocity. The great barracuda has a long, streamlined body with the second dorsal fin set far back near the tail.
The great barracuda, Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards in Catesby, 1771), is a curious, fearsome-looking, usually solitary predator common to reefs and shallows of Florida and the Caribbean.
The Great Barracuda is piscivorous, which means it eats other fish for instance: sardines, silversides, mullets, gobies, herrings but also small lizards and dolphins.
GREAT BARRACUDA
SUBORDER SCOMBROIDEI
snake mackerels, cutlassfishes, scabbardfishes, swordfishes, billfishes, marlins, mackerels, tunas, bonitos
SUBORDER STROMATEOIDEI ...
The great barracuda is found in all temperate and tropical waters except the eastern Pacific Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea
HABITAT:
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The species that is most commonly talked about is the Great barracuda, Sphyraena barracuda. These fish grow to 3 meters (10 feet) in length (possibly larger) but are rarely seen over 1.5 meters (5 feet) long.
The species which do are the European barracuda, barracouta or spet (S. sphyraena), found in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic; the great barracuda, picuda or becuna (S. picuda), ...
Great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda)
Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)
Bulatmai barbel (Luciobarbus capito)
Reticulate whipray (Himantura uarnak)
Common loon (Gavia immer)
Whitespotted whipray (Himantura gerrardi) ...
The largest of the group, the great barracuda, averages 5 ft (1.5 m) in length but may reach 10 ft (3 m); it is dangerous to swimmers wearing shiny objects.
The top of the head between the eyes is nearly flat and the lower jaw sticks out past the rest of the head. A great barracuda has a large mouth with two sets of triangular, razor-sharp teeth.
length to four feet (1.2 m); weight to 18 pounds (8 kg)
Range:
Alaska to Baja California, Mexico, usually south of Point Conception except during El Niños
Relatives:
Mexican barracuda, great barracuda, yellowtail barracuda; ...
 See also: Barracuda, Shark, Sea Lion, Shell, Lion
  
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