Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Sphyraenidae > Sphyraena > Sphyraena guachancho

Sphyraena guachancho (Sockeye; Snit; Small barracuta; Shoal barracuta; Sennet; Secoye; Northern sennet; Guaguanche; Guachanche barracuda; Guachanche; Barracuda)

Synonyms: Sphyraena dubia; Sphyraena guachanche; Sphyraena guaguancho; Sphyraena guentheri
Language: Arabic, Hassaniya; Creole, Portuguese; Danish; Ewe; Fon Gbe; Fon GBE; Fon Gbe; French; Ga; Japanese; Mandarin Chinese; Mandinka; Other; Polish; Portuguese; Russian; Spanish; Susu; Unknown; Vili; Wayuu; Wolof

Wikipedia Abstract

The Guachanche barracuda (Sphyraena guachancho), is an ocean-going species of game fish in the barracuda family, Sphyraenidae. It was described by the French zoologist Georges Cuvier in 1829. The description was part of the second edition of Le Règne Animal, or The Animal Kingdom. Guachanche barracuda are also known simply as guaguanche throughout much of the Caribbean. When used for food, Guaguanche barracuda are usually sold fresh or salted.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Buenavista Wetland Reserve 778949 Cuba    
Everglades and Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve   Florida, United States  

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Consumers

Parasitized by 
Callitetrarhynchus gracilis[3]
Cotyloatlantica pretiosa[3]
Heteronybelinia estigmena[3]
Otobothrium cysticum[3]

External References

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Citations

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♦ 1TROPHIC RELATIONSHIPS OF DEMERSAL FISHES IN THE SHRIMPING ZONE OFF ALVARADO LAGOON, VERACRUZ, MEXICO, Edgar Peláez-Rodríguez, Jonathan Franco-López, Wilfredo A. Matamoros, Rafael Chavez-López, and Nancy J. Brown-Peterson, Gulf and Caribbean Research Vol 17, 157–167, 2005
♦ 2ASSESSMENTS OF FISHERIES IN GUYANA FOR BANGAMARY (Macrodon ancylodon) AND BUTTERFISH (Nebris microps), A. Hackett, K. Cochrane and A. Booth, FAO FISHERIES REPORTS, 628; 110-123 (2000)
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0