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S sphyraena
Barracuda Bar`ra*cu"da, n. [Native name.] Any of several voracious pikelike marine fishes allied to the gray mullets, constituting the genus Sphyr[ae]na and family Sphyr[ae]nid[ae]. The great barracuda (S. barracuda) of the West Indies, Florida, etc., is often six feet or more long, and as dangerous as a shark. In Cuba its flesh is reputed to be poisonous. S. Argentea of the Pacific coast and S. sphyr[ae]na of Europe are smaller species, and are used as food.
Sphyraena spet
Becuna Be*cu"na, n. [Sp.] (Zo["o]l.) A fish of the Mediterranean (Sphyr[ae]na spet). See Barracuda.
Sphyraena spet
Barracuda Bar`ra*cu"da, Barracouata Bar`ra*cou"ata, n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) A voracious pikelike, marine fish, of the genus Sphyr[ae]na, sometimes used as food. Note: That of Europe and our Atlantic coast is Sphyr[ae]na spet (or S. vulgaris); a southern species is S. picuda; the Californian is S. argentea. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A large edible fresh-water fish of Australia and New Zealand (Thyrsites atun).

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- barracuda is a large, predatory, ray-finned, sal****er fish of the genus Sphyraena, the only genus in the family Sphyraenidae, which was named by Constantine...
- Sphyraena sphyraena, also known as the European barracuda or Mediterranean barracuda, is a ray-finned predatory fish of the Mediterranean basin and the...
- Sphyraena barracuda, commonly known as the great barracuda, is a species of barracuda: large, apex predator ray-finned fish found in subtropical oceans...
- Sphyraena ****eri, the ****er's barracuda, is a schooling species of barracuda in the family Sphyraenidae. The species is named in honor of zoologist...
- The blackfin barracuda (Sphyraena qenie), also known as the chevron barracuda, is known for its aggressive, predatory personality. This species of barracuda...
- Sphyraena putnamae, the sawtooth, chevron or military barracuda, is a species of barracuda found in all tropical seas and temperate waters of major oceans...
- Sphyraena arabiansis commonly known as the Arabian barracuda Is a species of barracuda found in the eastern Arabian Sea. Once thought to be a po****tion...
- Sphyraena afra, commonly known as the Guinean barracuda, is a species of barracuda found off the western coast of Africa from Senegal to Namibia. They...
- Sphyraena intermedia commonly known as the intermediate barracuda is a species of barracuda that was only recently discovered in the Gulf of Taranto in...
- Sphyraena pinguis commonly known as the red barracuda, striped barracuda, brown barracuda, and more names, is a species of barracuda found in the Northwest...