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Updated 8/21/2020

Family Sphyraenidae

INDO-PACIFIC / TROPICAL EASTERN PACIFIC

Sphyraena qenie

Misool, Indonesia, 10 feet 

 

BLACKFIN BARRACUDA

Schools occur dropoffs exposed to current.  Dark margin on tail and chevrons on body.  Attains 4.5 feet.  Red Sea to Japan and French Polynesia; Tropical Eastern Pacific.  Rare waifs have been seen in Hawaii.