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Sphyraena qenie Klunzinger, 1870

Blackfin barracuda
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Maldives country information

Common names: Barracuda à queue noire
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 5579.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mv.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Randall, J.E. and C. Anderson, 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Chevron barracuda, Military seapike, Seapike, ... more

Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Carangaria/misc (Various families in series Carangaria) > Sphyraenidae (Barracudas)
Etymology: Sphyraena: Greek, sphyraina, -es = the name of a fish (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Klunzinger.

Issue
Sphyraena nigripinnis Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 considered as valid in CofF (ref. 118474).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marino associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 100 m (Ref. 89972).   Tropical; 30°N - 24°S

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Point map | Introduzioni | Faunafri

Indo-Pacific: Persian Gulf (Ref.80050); Red Sea and East Africa to the central Indian Ocean and French Polynesia. Eastern Pacific: Mexico and Panama. The exact range is uncertain because of confusion with Sphyraena jello and Sphyraena putnamae (Ref. 9768).

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 170 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 9710); common length : 80.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 9768); peso massimo pubblicato: 7.1 kg (Ref. 40637)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale) : 6; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 9; Spine anali: 2; Raggi anali molli: 7 - 9. Many dark bars crossing lateral line on body, each bar oblique in upper half, but nearly vertical in the lower; caudal fin largely blackish. No gill rakers on first arch; upper and lower gill arch with rough platelets, each platelet not bearing distinct spine.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Found near current-swept lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 9710). Feeds on fishes (Ref. 89972). Usually seen in large semi-stationary schools during the day (Ref. 9768) which have a tendency to occupy the same site for months or even years at a time. Probably disperses at night to feed (Ref. 1602). Often hooked by trolling between dusk and dawn (Ref. 37816). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 128797.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve

In general, barracudas in large numbers aggegate during spawning season and migrate to specific spawning areas (Ref. 240).

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

De Sylva, D.P. and F. Williams, 1986. Sphyraenidae. p. 721-726. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 5491)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 4537)




Human uses

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