Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Sphyraenidae > Sphyraena > Sphyraena flavicauda

Sphyraena flavicauda (Shortjawed barracuda; Short-jawed sea-pike; Yellowstripe barracuda; Yellowtail barracuda; Yellow-tail barracuda)

Synonyms: Sphyraena langsar; Sphyraenella flavicauda
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Wikipedia Abstract

The yellowtail barracuda, Sphyraena flavicauda, a barracuda of the family Sphyraenidae, is found in Indo-West Pacific oceans. Its length is up to 60 cm. Its body has two brown or brownish-yellow longitudinal stripes which may disappear in old specimens; the caudal fin is yellowish. It is occasionally confused with the barracuda Sphyraena obtusata, but is more elongated. The yellowtail barracuda is a schooling fish and feeds almost exclusively on other fish. \n* juveniles schooling, Dahab
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Can Gio Mangrove Biosphere Reserve 123722 Viet Nam  
Christmas Island National Park II 21698 Christmas Island, Australia
Pulu Keeling National Park II 6469 Cocos (Keeling) Islands    

Prey / Diet

Atherinomorus forskalii (Whitebait)[1]
Spratelloides delicatulus (White bait)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Diplectanum bauchotae <Unverified Name>[2]
Latericaecum cazauxi[2]
Prosorhynchoides philippinorum[2]
Vallisiopsis sphyraenae[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Predators of Tuna Baitfish and the Effects of Baitfishing on the Subsistence Reef Fisheries of Fiji, S.J.M. Blaber, D.A. Milton, N.J.F. Rawlinson and A. Sesewa, Tuna Baitfish in Fiji and Solomon Islands: proceedings of a workshop, Suva, Fiji, 17-18 August 1993. ACIAR Proceedings No. 52. p. 51-61
♦ 2Gibson, 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