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