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A barracuda is a large, predatory, ray-finned fish known for its fearsome appearance and ferocious behaviour. The barracuda is a saltwater fish of the genus Sphyraena, the only genus in the family Sphyraenidae, which was named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1815. [2]
barracuda, any of about 20 species of predacious fishes of the family Sphyraenidae (order Perciformes). Barracudas are found in all warm and tropical regions; some also range into more temperate areas.
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Throughout the tropical oceans of the world lurks a truly ferocious piscivore – one which has achieved worldwide notoriety for its role in Pixar’s Finding Nemo, in which it infamously gobbles up the titular character’s mother! All but invisible until it’s too late, the barracudaor ‘cuda’ for short, is a fearsome and lightning fast fish-seeking miss...
1. Barracudas are ferocious ambush predators
With a slim, torpedo-like body shape and crescent-shaped tail fins, barracudas are built for short bursts of speed. They can accelerate from a standstill to their top speed of 36 miles per hour (58 kph) in a blink of an eye, closing the distance and seizing their prey before it even has time to react.
2. The Largest barracuda caught was over 6 feet in length
Thomas Gibson from the USA caught a Guinean barracuda weighing 46.40 kilograms (102 pounds 4 ounces) which measured around 2 metres (6 feet 6 inches) on 14 February 2013 in Angola.
3. They can hide in plain sight
Barracudas are countershaded; with darker colours on the top half of their bodies and lighter shades on their bellies, they are camouflaged against both the ocean below them and the surface above. Their silvered flanks help to conceal them further, and their snake-like bodies create an extremely small profile when viewed head-on; from the point of view of their prey, the barracuda is virtually invisible as it approaches.
Scientific Classification
1. Grubich, J.R., Rice, A.N. and Westneat, M.W. (2008). Functional morphology of bite mechanics in the great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda). Zoology, [online] 111(1), pp.16–29. doi:10.1016/j.zool.2007.05.003. 2. Rajesh, K.M., Rohit, P., Viswambharan, D., Abdussamad, E.M. and Rajesh, M. (2021). Feeding behaviour of the sawtooth barracuda, Sphyraena putnamae (Jordan and Seale, 1905) along the southeastern Arabian Sea, India. Regional Studies in Marine Science, [online] 47, p.101974. doi:10.101...
Learn about the 29 species of barracuda, ferocious piscivores that can reach speeds of 58 kph and bite their prey in half. Find out how they hunt, camouflage, and avoid predators in tropical and subtropical oceans.
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Learn about barracuda, ferocious predators with sharp teeth and fast speed. Find out how they hunt, camouflage, and adapt to different environments, and what threats they face from humans and climate change.
Learn about the barracuda, a family of 28 species of predatory fish with elongated bodies and sharp teeth. Find out where they live, what they eat, how they reproduce, and why some are dangerous to humans.
Sphyraena barracuda, commonly known as the great barracuda, is a species of barracuda: large, predatory ray-finned fish found in subtropical oceans around the world.
