Home > Fishes > Barracudas > Sphyraena forsteri
Updated 11/3/2025
Family Sphyraenidae
INDO-WEST PACIFIC
Sphyraena forsteri
BIGEYE BARRACUDA
Schools occur along reefs during the day, dispersing to feed at night. Large eyes, black spot at pectoral fin base, and a white tipped soft dorsal fin. Attains 30 inches. East Africa to Japan and French Polynesia, excluding Hawaii.