Galapagos Species Database

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Sphyraena idiastes Heller & Snodgrass, 1903

barracuda pelicano, picuda pelícano, Pelican barracuda

Size: Up to 0.9m. Often have darkish bars on back.

Habitat: Schmall schools; smaller fish are coastal, larger fish inhabit deeper waters

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Teleostei

Order
Carangaria incertae sedis

Family
Sphyraenidae

Genus
Sphyraena

Species
idiastes

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Status

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Colombia to Peru. Galápagos, Cocos and Malpelo Islands

References

  • Hunziker (s.a.) pers. comm. unpublished
  • Hyett, M. (2007) Seiurus noveboracensis. pers. com.
  • Hunt, D.R. (1994) 257. Commelinaceae. Fl. Mesoamer. 6: 157–173.
  • Grove, J.S. Lavenberg, R.J. (1997) The Fishes of the Galapagos Islands. Stanford University Press, Stanford California. 862 pp.
  • Humann, P. Deloach, N. (2003) Reef Fish Identification - Galapagos. New World Publication, Inc. Florida USA & Libri Mundi, Quito, Ecuador, 226 pp.
  • Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
  • IUCN (2010) IUCN Red list of threatened species. Version 2010.1. www.iucnredlist.org
  • McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
  • Baque, J Páez, D & Wolff, M (2012) Hábitos alimentarios de dos peces pelágicos Thunnus albacares y Acanthocybium solandri de la Reserva Marina de Galápagos. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía Vol.47, Nº1:1-11 pp.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Sphyraena idiastes", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7805. Accessed 3 May 2025.