Yellowtail barracuda
| Yellowtail barracuda | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Sphyraenidae |
| Genus: | Sphyraena |
| Species: | S. flavicauda |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphyraena flavicauda Rüppell, 1838 | |
The yellowtail barracuda, Sphyraena flavicauda, a barracuda of the family Sphyraenidae, is found in Indo-West Pacific oceans. Its length is up to 60 cm.
Its body has two brown or brownish-yellow longitudinal stripes which may disappear in old specimens; the caudal fin is yellowish. It is occasionally confused with the barracuda Sphyraena obtusata, but is more elongated.
The yellowtail barracuda is a schooling fish and feeds almost exclusively on other fish.
juveniles schooling, Dahab
Yellowtail barracuda
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2007). "Sphyraena flavicauda" in FishBase. February 2007 version.
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