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Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards, 1771)

345843 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:345843)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Chordata
  4. Vertebrata
  5. Gnathostomata
  6. Osteichthyes
  7. Actinopterygii
  8. Actinopteri
  9. Teleostei
  10. Carangaria incertae sedis
  11. Sphyraenidae
  12. Sphyraena
  13. Sphyraena barracuda
accepted
Species
Sphyraena Artedi, 1793
Sphyraena barracuda (Walbaum, 1792) · unaccepted > junior homonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Catesby, M. (1771). The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands; containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents ... with their descriptions in English and French, etc. 3rd. ed. 2 vols. London. [A rejected work on the Official Index, ICZN Opinions 89 and 259 (but not appendix by Edwards). [Also 1st ed., 1743; 2nd ed., 1754.]]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.58835
page(s): 1 [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards, 1771). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=345843 on 2026-07-16
NARMS (2026). Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards, 1771). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=345843 on 2026-07-16
Date
action
by
2008-06-17 07:30:54Z
created
Bailly, Nicolas
2009-06-16 07:05:49Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

original description (of ) Catesby, M. (1771). The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands; containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents ... with their descriptions in English and French, etc. 3rd. ed. 2 vols. London. [A rejected work on the Official Index, ICZN Opinions 89 and 259 (but not appendix by Edwards). [Also 1st ed., 1743; 2nd ed., 1754.]]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.58835
page(s): 1 [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details] 

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
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To Barcode of Life (144 barcodes) (from synonym Sphyraena barracuda (Walbaum, 1792))
To Barcode of Life (144 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (123 publications) (from synonym Sphyraena barracuda (Walbaum, 1792))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (123 publications) 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Sphyraena barracuda (Walbaum, 1792))
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Great barracuda) (from synonym Sphyraena barracuda (Walbaum, 1792))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphyraena barracuda) (from synonym Sphyraena barracuda (Walbaum, 1792))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphyraena barracuda) 
To FishBase (from synonym Sphyraena barracuda (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase 
To Fishipedia 
To FishSounds 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Sphyraena barracuda (Walbaum, 1792))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sphyraena barracuda USNM 442241 photograph lateral view) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sphyraena barracuda USNM 442248 photograph lateral view) 
Unreviewed