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Sphyraenidae (Barracudas)
Etymology: Sphyraena: Greek, sphyraina, -es = the name of a fish (Ref. 45335); stellata: Name from Latin 'stellata' meaning starry, referring to the two yellow lateral stripes on the body..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin; profondeur 10 - 40 m (Ref. 123366). Tropical; 35°N - 25°S, 48°E - 109°W (Ref. 123366)
Indo-Pacific: widely distributed; Madagascar and the Maldives to Hawaii and Easter Island; north to Japan; south to Australia.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 58.7 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 123366)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 6; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 9; Épines anales: 2; Rayons mous anaux: 8. This species is distinguished by the following characters: first gill arch with one gill raker; pelvic-fin insertion is located slightly before vertical through first dorsal-fin origin; pored lateral-line scales 134-141 (modally 137), total lateral-line scales 139-148 (146); scales above 15-17 (15) and below 4-16 (15) the lateral; snout is comparatively short, its length 13.6-15.8 (mean 14.4) % SL; upper jaw is short, its posterior tip not reaching to below anterior nostril, its length 10.0-12.2 (10.8) % SL; eye small, with orbit diameter and depth 4.3-7.0 (4.9) % and 3.9-5.6 (4.5) % SL, respectively; anal-fin base with length 6.9-8.1 (7.5) % SL; length of last dorsal-fin 4.0-5.6 (4.7) % SL, anal-fin ray 3.6-5.6 (4.6) % SL; anus is not close to anal-fin origin, anterior and posterior margins of anus to anal-fin origin 7.5-11.9 (9.9) % and 5.2-8.3 (6.8) % HL, respectively; head sensory canal pores on suborbital area are simple or poorly branched, their lowermost parts not close to lacrimal bone margin, large smooth area lacking canal pores present on mid-margin of lacrimal bone. Colouration: yellow stripes on lateral body surface two (remaining as black stripes in preserved specimens); caudal fin gray (Ref. 123366).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves
Morishita, S. and H. Motomura, 2020. Sphyraena stellata, a new barracuda from the Indo-Pacific, with redescriptions of S. helleri Jenkins, 1901 and S. novaehollandiae Günther, 1860 (Perciformes: Sphyraenidae). Zootaxa 4772(3):545-566. (Ref. 123366)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00724 (0.00339 - 0.01546), b=2.92 (2.74 - 3.10), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 4.2 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (49 of 100).
