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Sphyraena ensis (vicuda; Barracuda; Mexican barracuda)

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Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Acanthocybium solandri (Wahoo fish)10
Elops affinis (Ladyfish)2
Triaenodon obesus (whitelip reef shark)10

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Paramonaxine yamagutii[2]
Pseudochauhanea elongata[2]
Pseudochauhanea mexicana[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Food-Web Structure and Dynamics of Eastern Tropical Pacific Coral Reefs: Panamá and Galápagos Islands, Peter W. Glynn, Food Webs and the Dynamics of Marine Reefs, eds. Tim R. McClanahan & George M. Branch, p. 185-208 (2008)
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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