Sphyraena barracuda

angolDistinguished by the double emarginate tail fin with pale tips on each lobe, and (usually) the presence of a few scattered black blotches on the lower sides (Ref. 1602). Top of head between eyes flat or concave; mouth large (Ref. 26938). Description: Characterized further by silvery body color; dorsal and caudal fin lobes with large black patches; absence of gill rakers (rough platelets present on gill arches, without spinules); erect and contiguous teeth; emarginate caudal fin with two rounded lobes in middle of posterior margin; greatest depth of body 6.0-8.2 in SL (Ref. 90102).

• Sphyraena becuna Lacepède, 1803
• Sphyraena dussumieri Valenciennes, 1831
• Esox barracuda Walbaum, 1792
• Sphyraena sphyraena picuda Bloch & Schneider, 1801
• Sphyraena commersonii Cuvier, 1829
• Agrioposphyraena barracuda (Walbaum, 1792)
• Syphyraena barracuda (Walbaum, 1792)
• Sphyraena picuda Bloch & Schneider, 1801
• Sphyraena barracuda (Walbaum, 1792)
• Esox barracuda Edwards, 1771
• Sphyraena baracuda (Walbaum, 1792)