Sharpfin barracuda
Sharpfin barracuda | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Vertebrata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Sphyraenidae |
Genus: | Sphyraena |
Species: | S. acutipinnis |
Binomial name | |
Sphyraena acutipinnis Day, 1876 | |
Sharpfin barracuda (Sphyraena acutipinnis) is a schooling species of barracuda inhabits lagoon, bay and seaward reef that is nocturnally active. Its length is up to 80 cm. The species is found across Indo-Pacific from East Africa to the Hawaiian, Marquesan and Tuamoto islands, north to southern Japan as well as coastal China.
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