Blackfin barracuda

The Blackfin barracuda (Sphyraena qenie), also known as the Chevron barracuda, is a species of barracuda that ranges from the Red Sea and East Africa to the Indo and Western Pacific and as far as French Polynesia.

Blackfin barracuda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Istiophoriformes
Family: Sphyraenidae
Genus: Sphyraena
Species:
S. qenie
Binomial name
Sphyraena qenie

The blackfin barracuda reaches a maximum size of 140 cm. They are typically encountered on coral reefs down to 50 m where they form large schools.[1][2][3][4] The Blackfin barracuda are known for their long black lateral bands that go around its body.There are about 18-22 bands that are on the fish's body. They have elongated last rays on the second dorsal fin and anal fins and a blackish caudal fin (tail fin). They lack gill rakers.[5]

References
  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Sphyraena qenie" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
  2. WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Sphyraena qenie Klunzinger, 1870
  3. Lieske, Ewald; Myers, Robert (2004). Coral reef guide. Red Sea. p. 207. ISBN 9780007741731.
  4. Allen, Gerald; Erdmann, Mark (2013). Reef Fishes of the East Indies - Volume III.
  5. Morishita, S. (2020). Morphological comparisons of Sphyraena qenie with S. putnamae, with a revised key to Indo-Pacific species of Sphyraena lacking gill rakers (Sphyraenidae). Ichthyological Research, 67(3), 456–463. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-020-00738-6


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