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Sphyraena Artedi in Röse, 1793
Taxonomic Serial No.: 170425

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Sphyraena chinensis Lacepède, 1803
		Sphyrena Artedi in Röse, 1793
	Common Name(s):	barracudas [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2004

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Actinopterygii – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées
	Class	Teleostei
	Superorder	Acanthopterygii
	Order	Perciformes – perch-like fishes
	Suborder	Percoidei
	Family	Sphyraenidae – barracudas, barracudas, barracudas
	Genus	Sphyraena Artedi in Röse, 1793 – barracudas
		Direct Children:
	Species	Sphyraena acutipinnis Day, 1876 – cheekflap barracuda
	Species	Sphyraena afra Peters, 1844
	Species	Sphyraena africana Gilchrist and Thompson, 1909
	Species	Sphyraena argentea Girard, 1854 – Pacific barracuda, barracuda plateada
	Species	Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards in Catesby, 1771) – picúa, great barracuda, barracuda
	Species	Sphyraena borealis DeKay, 1842 – northern sennet, picudilla
	Species	Sphyraena chrysotaenia Klunzinger, 1884 – green-and-gold barracuda
	Species	Sphyraena ensis Jordan and Gilbert, 1882 – vicuda, barracuda mexicana, Mexican barracuda
	Species	Sphyraena flavicauda Rüppell, 1838 – yellowstripe barracuda
	Species	Sphyraena forsteri Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1829
	Species	Sphyraena guachancho Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1829 – guaguanche, guaguancho, tolete
	Species	Sphyraena helleri Jenkins, 1901
	Species	Sphyraena idiastes Heller and Snodgrass, 1903 – barracuda pelícano, pelican barracuda
	Species	Sphyraena japonica Bloch and Schneider, 1801 – Japanese barracuda
	Species	Sphyraena jello Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1829 – Indo-Malaysian barracuda
	Species	Sphyraena lucasana Gill, 1863 – barracuda de Cortés, Cortez barracuda
	Species	Sphyraena nigripinnis Temminck and Schlegel, 1843
	Species	Sphyraena novaehollandiae Günther, 1860 – shortfinned barracuda
	Species	Sphyraena obtusata Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1829
	Species	Sphyraena pinguis Günther, 1874 – brown barracuda
	Species	Sphyraena putnamae Jordan and Seale, 1905
	Species	Sphyraena qenie Klunzinger, 1870
	Species	Sphyraena sphyraena (Linnaeus, 1758) – European barracuda
	Species	Sphyraena tome Fowler, 1903
	Species	Sphyraena viridensis Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1829
	Species	Sphyraena waitii Ogilby, 1908

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Wayne C. Starnes
	Notes:	Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA
	Reference for:	Sphyraena

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)
	Acquired:	2004
	Notes:	http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/
	Reference for:	Sphyraena

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Sphyraena

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes
	Publication Date:	2003
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
	Page(s):
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:	As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998
	Reference for:	Sphyraena

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Eschmeyer, William N.
	Publication Date:	1990
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Genera of Recent Fishes
	Page(s):	iii + 697
	Publisher:	California Academy of Sciences
	Publication Place:	San Francisco, CA, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-940228-23-8
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Sphyraena

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Shiino, Sueo M.
	Publication Date:	1976
	Article/Chapter Title:	List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4
	Page(s):	262
	Publisher:	Shima Marineland
	Publication Place:	Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan
	ISBN/ISSN:	0385-1109
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Sphyraena

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