Sphyraena guachancho

Author
Cuvier, 1829
Common Names
  • Guachanche Barracuda
  • Barracuda
  • Guachanche
  • Guaguanche
  • Northern Sennet

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Min Depth
100 meters
Max Depth
100 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Atlantic. 43°N to Brazil, Antilles
Habitat-Biology
  • neritic
  • bay and nearshore
References

  • de Sylva, D. P. 1963. Systematics and life history of the great barracuda, Sphyraena barracuda (Walbaum). Studies in Tropical Oceanography 1: 1–179.

  • McEachran, J. D., and J. D. Fechhelm. 2005. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 2: Scorpaeniformes to Tetraodontiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin, TX. 1004 pp.

  • Russell, B. C. 2002b. Sphyraenidae. Pp. 1807–1811 in K. E. Carpenter, ed. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 3. Bony fishes part 2 (Opistognathidae to Molidae). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. FAO, Rome.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 04-19-2024.

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