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Great Barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Hawaii.January 37, February 31, March 38, April 23, May 20, June 21, July 25, August 18, September 21, October 25, November 26, December 37.
United States7,624
Hawaii347
Mexico102
Quintana Roo97
Texas93
North Carolina81
Australia67
Queensland60
Alabama37
Louisiana31

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Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderJacks, Flounders, Barracudas, and Allies · Carangiformes
FamilyBarracudas · Sphyraenidae
GenusBarracudas · Sphyraena

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