Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards, 1771)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Teleostei

Order
Carangaria incertae sedis

Family
Sphyraenidae

Genus
Sphyraena

Species
barracuda

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Agrioposphyraena barracuda (Walbaum, 1792), Esox barracuda Edwards, 1771, Esox barracuda Walbaum, 1792, Sphyraena agam Rüppell, 1838, Sphyraena baracuda (Walbaum, 1792), Sphyraena barracuda (Walbaum, 1792), Sphyraena becuna Lacepède, 1803, Sphyraena commersoni Cuvier, 1829, Sphyraena commersonii Cuvier, 1829, Sphyraena dussumieri Valenciennes, 1831, Sphyraena picuda Bloch & Schneider, 1801, Sphyraena sphyraena picuda Bloch & Schneider, 1801, Syphyraena barracuda (Walbaum, 1792) fide Ahyong, S., et al. ( 2023).

Origin: Vagrant

References

  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
  • Grove, J.S. Long, D.J., Robertson, D.R. & Victor, B.C. (2022) List of Fishes of the Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 39, 14–22.
  • Ahyong, S. Boyko, C.B., Bailly, N., Bernot, J., Bieler, R, ... Williams, D.M., Williams, G., Wilson, R., Witkowski, J., Wyatt, N., Wylezich, C., Xavier, J., Xu, K., Zanol, J., Zeidler, W., Zhao, Z., Zullini, A. (2023) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Sphyraena barracuda", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=24669. Accessed 27 June 2025.