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Barracudas

European barracuda
(Sphyraena sphyraena)


Classification

Class Superorder Order Suborder Family
ACTINOPTERYGII ACANTHOPTERYGII PERCIFORMES SCOMBREOIDEI SPHYRAENIDAE

Scientific Name: Sphyraena sphyraena (LINNAEUS, 1758)
Synonyms: Esox spet (Haüy, 1787), Esox sphyraena (Linnaeus, 1758), Sphyraena bocagei (Osório, 1891), Sphyraena spet (Lacepède, 1803), Sphyraena sphyraena bocagei (Osório, 1891), Sphyraena vulgaris (Cuvier, 1829)

General Informations

Name: Mediterranean barracuda, European barracuda, Mittelmeer-Barrakuda, Europäischer Barrakuda, Europeisk barrakuda, Turna baligi
Destination: Mediterranean Sea
Environment:
Size: 60 cm (max. 165 cm)

Barracudas (Sphyraena sphyraena) Location: Majorca, Spain
Photo: Roger Blum, Berlin (Germany)

Sphyraena sphyraena Sphyraena sphyraena
Location: Fuerteventura, Spanien
Photo: Roger Blum, Berlin (Germany)
Location: Fuerteventura, Spanien
Photo: Roger Blum, Berlin (Germany)

Species of Genus Sphyraena

Sphyraena acutipinnis (Day, 1876)
Sphyraena afra (Peters, 1844)
Sphyraena argentea (Girard, 1854)
Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards, 1771)
Sphyraena borealis (DeKay, 1842)
Sphyraena chrysotaenia (Klunzinger, 1884)
Sphyraena ensis (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
Sphyraena flavicauda (Rüppell, 1838)
Sphyraena forsteri (Cuvier, 1829)
Sphyraena guachancho (Cuvier, 1829)
Sphyraena helleri (Jenkins, 1901)
Sphyraena iburiensis (Doiuchi & Nakabo, 2005)
Sphyraena idiastes( Heller & Snodgrass, 1903)
Sphyraena japonica (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Sphyraena jello (Cuvier, 1829)
Sphyraena lucasana (Gill, 1863)
Sphyraena novaehollandiae (Günther, 1860)
Sphyraena obtusata (Cuvier, 1829)
Sphyraena picudilla (Poey, 1860)
Sphyraena pinguis (Günther, 1874)
Sphyraena putnamae (Jordan & Seale, 1905)
Sphyraena qenie (Klunzinger, 1870)
Sphyraena sphyraena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sphyraena tome (Fowler, 1903)
Sphyraena viridensis (Cuvier, 1829)
Sphyraena waitii (Ogilby, 1908)
Sphyraena zygaena (Cuv.)
Sphyraena acus Lacepède, 1803 --> Tylosurus acus acus (Lacepède, 1803)
Sphyraena africana Gilchrist & Thompson, 1909 --> Sphyraena acutipinnis Day, 1876
Sphyraena baracuda (Walbaum, 1792) --> Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards, 1771)
Sphyraena barracuda (Walbaum, 1752) --> Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards, 1771)
Sphyraena becuna Lacepède, 1803 --> Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards, 1771)
Sphyraena bleekeri Williams, 1959 --> Sphyraena putnamae Jordan & Seale, 1905
Sphyraena bocagei Osório, 1891 --> Sphyraena sphyraena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sphyraena brachygnathos Bleeker, 1854 --> Sphyraena obtusata Cuvier, 1829
Sphyraena brachygnathus Bleeker, 1854 --> Sphyraena obtusata Cuvier, 1829
Sphyraena chinensis Lacepède, 1803 --> Sphyraena obtusata Cuvier, 1829
Sphyraena commersonii Cuvier, 1829 --> Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards, 1771)
Sphyraena dubia Bleeker, 1863 --> Sphyraena guachancho Cuvier, 1829
Sphyraena dussumieri Valenciennes, 1831 --> Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards, 1771)
Sphyraena forsteni Cuvier, 1829 --> Sphyraena forsteri Cuvier, 1829
Sphyraena genie Klunzinger, 1870 --> Sphyraena qenie Klunzinger, 1870
Sphyraena guachanche Cuvier, 1829 --> Sphyraena guachancho Cuvier, 1829
Sphyraena guentheri Haly, 1875 --> Sphyraena guachancho Cuvier, 1829
Sphyraena hupferi Fischer, 1885 --> Sphyraena afra Peters, 1844
Sphyraena japonica Cuvier, 1829 --> Sphyraena japonica Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Sphyraena jelio Cuvier, 1829 --> Sphyraena jello Cuvier, 1829
Sphyraena langsar Bleeker, 1854 --> Sphyraena flavicauda Rüppell, 1838
Sphyraena natalensis von Bonde, 1923 --> Sphyraena acutipinnis Day, 1876
Sphyraena nigripinnis Temminck & Schlegel, 1943 --> Sphyraena qenie Klunzinger, 1870
Sphyraena obtusa Cuvier, 1829 --> Sphyraena obtusata Cuvier, 1829
Sphyraena permisca Smith, 1956 --> Sphyraena jello Cuvier, 1829
Sphyraena picuda Bloch & Schneider, 1801 --> Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards, 1771)
Sphyraena piscatorum Cadenat, 1964 --> Sphyraena afra Peters, 1844
Sphyraena putnamiae Jordan & Seale, 1905 --> Sphyraena putnamae Jordan & Seale, 1905
Sphyraena putnamie Jordan & Seale, 1905 --> Sphyraena putnamae Jordan & Seale, 1905
Sphyraena raghava Chaudhuri, 1917 --> Sphyraena putnamae Jordan & Seale, 1905
Sphyraena spet (Lacepède, 1803) --> Sphyraena sphyraena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sphyraena tessera Smith, 1956 --> Sphyraena qenie Klunzinger, 1870
Sphyraena toxeuma Fowler, 1904 --> Sphyraena forsteri Cuvier, 1829
Sphyraena tudes (Valenciennes, 1822) --> Sphyrna tudes (Valenciennes, 1822)
Sphyraena uoraebolandiae Günther, 1860 --> Sphyraena novaehollandiae Günther, 1860
Sphyraena viridiscens Cuvier, 1829 --> Sphyraena viridensis Cuvier, 1829
Sphyraena vulgaris Cuvier, 1829 --> Sphyraena sphyraena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sphyraena waitei Ogilby, 1908 --> Sphyraena waitii Ogilby, 1908
Sphyraena waiteii Ogilby, 1908 --> Sphyraena waitii Ogilby, 1908
Sphyraena waittei Ogilby, 1908 --> Sphyraena waitii Ogilby, 1908



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