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Sphyraenidae

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Sphyraenidae [sfə′rē·nə‚dē]
(vertebrate zoology)
A family of shore fishes in the suborder Mugiloidei of the order Perciformes comprising the barracudas.
Sphyraenidae 

(barracuda), a family of marine fishes of the order Mugiloidea. Body length, up to 3 m. The large mouth contains powerful teeth set in deep alveoli. There is one genus, comprising several species. Barracuda are distributed primarily in tropical waters. Two species are encountered in the USSR: Sphyraena sphyraena is found in the Black Sea, and S. pinguis dwells in the Sea of Japan. S. Sphyraena is up to 1 m long and lives at depths to 100 m; it is a predator, feeding on small fishes. Barracuda roe are pelagic. Large species of Sphyraenidae may attack man. Barracuda are commercially valuable.

The Russian common name for the family Sphyraenidae, morskie shchuki, is also used to designate fishes of the genus Molva of the family Gadidae, as well as the fish Thylosurus anastomella of the family Belonidae.
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45 Sphyraenidae Sphyraeaa barracuda -- -- -- Bothidae Cyclopsetta fimbriata -- -- -- Undetermined -- -- 0.
Assessment of fish populations and habitat on Oculina Bank, a ... by Harter, Stacey L.; Ribera, Marta M.; Shepard, Andrew N.; Reed, John K. / Fishery Bulletin
0 0 Sphyraenidae Splayraena barracuda 125 13 Syngnathidae Cosmocampus spp.
Advantages of using crest nets to sample presettlement larvae of reef ... by Nolan, Cormac J.; Danilowicz, Bret S. / Fishery Bulletin
Tylosurus crocodilus + (Peron & LeSueur, 1821) Lampidae Lampris guttatus + (Brunnich, 1788) Sphyraenidae Sphyraena barracuda + (Walbaum, 1792) Sphyraena spp.
Bycatch in the tuna purse-seine fisheries of the western Indian Ocean by Romanov, Evgeny V. / Fishery Bulletin
 
 
 
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