Sharpfin barracuda
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Species of ray-finned fish
| Sharpfin barracuda | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Centropomoidei |
| Family: | Sphyraenidae |
| Genus: | Sphyraena |
| Species: | S. acutipinnis
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| Binomial name | |
| Sphyraena acutipinnis Day, 1876
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The sharpfin barracuda (Sphyraena acutipinnis) is a schooling species of barracuda that inhabits lagoons, bays and seaward reefs. It is nocturnally active. It grows to 80 cm (31 in) total length, although it is commonly somewhat smaller. The species is found across the Indo-Pacific from East Africa to the Hawaiian, Marquesan and Tuamoto islands, north to southern Japan.[1]
References
[edit ]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Sphyraena acutipinnis". FishBase . August 2019 version.
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