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Sphyraena viridensis (Yellow barracuda; Yellowmouth barracuda)

Synonyms: Sphyraena viridensis mediterranea; Sphyraena viridiscens
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Prey / Diet

Boops boops (Bream)[1]
Pagellus acarne (Spanish seabream)[1]
Thalassoma pavo (peacock wrasse)[1]
Trachurus picturatus (Scad)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Merluccius merluccius (Herring hake)1
Phycis phycis (Fork-beard)1
Seriola rivoliana (Pacific amberjack)2
Serranus hepatus (Brown comber)1
Synodus saurus (Atlantic lizardfish)2

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Plerurus digitatus[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1FOOD HABITS, SCHOOLING AND PREDATORY BEHAVIOUR OF THE YELLOWMOUTH BARRACUDA, SPHYRAENA VIRIDENSIS (PERCIFORMES: SPHYRAENIDAE) IN THE AZORES, João Pedro BARREIROS, Ricardo Serrão SANTOS & Alfredo Emílio de BORBA, Cybium 2002, 26(2): 83-88.
♦ 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