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Most Pacific barracuda are mature by 2 years old. [8] Females at that age may produce approximately 50,000 eggs while older female Pacific Barracuda can produce from 200,000 to 400,000 eggs. [5] The Barracuda, like most other fish, exhibit external fertilization and lay their eggs in intervals. The parents are not known to care for their young.
A barracuda is a large, predatory, ray-finned, saltwater fish of the genus Sphyraena, the only genus in the family Sphyraenidae, which was named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1815. [2] It is found in tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide ranging from the eastern border of the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea , on its western border the ...
Sphyraena barracuda, commonly known as the great barracuda, is a species of barracuda: large, apex predator ray-finned fish found in subtropical oceans around the world. The Syphyraena family contains 27 species while the great barracuda is one of this genus.
The Australian barracuda is greenish on the back, silvery on flanks which fades to white on the belly with a greenish-yellow tail. It has the typical fusiform shape of a barracuda, but it is slimmer than most other species of Sphyraena with a conical snout and a protruding lower jaw, the jaws are lined with fang like teeth and the upper jaw is non-protracting.
Researchers identified the fish as a great barracuda, marking the first known sighting of the species in the Azores. The first great barracuda caught in the Azores. Photos shared with McClatchy ...
Populations of large predatory fish in the global oceans were estimated to be about 10% of their pre-industrial levels by 2003, [1] and they are most at risk of extinction; there was a disproportionate level of large predatory fish extinctions during the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event 66 million years ago. [2]
Sphyraena pinguis commonly known as the red barracuda, striped barracuda, ... Red Barracuda feed on smaller fish and can get up to 50 cm(20 in) long. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The pelican barracuda (Sphyraena idiastes) is a predatory ray-finned fish found in temperate coastal and oceanic waters. They are usually seen in groups of 3-20, from the surface to about 24 m. They are usually seen in groups of 3-20, from the surface to about 24 m.