WoRMS taxon details

Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards, 1771)

345843  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:345843)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Esox barracuda Edwards, 1771) Catesby, M. (1771). The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands; containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents ... with their descriptions in English and French, etc. 3rd. ed. 2 vols. London. [A rejected work on the Official Index, ICZN Opinions 89 and 259 (but not appendix by Edwards). [Also 1st ed., 1743; 2nd ed., 1754.]].
page(s): 1 [details]   
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts (USA), Bermuda, and throughout the Caribbean Sea to Brazil   
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts (USA), Bermuda, and throughout the Caribbean Sea to Brazil  [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards, 1771). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=345843 on 2024-04-20
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2008-06-17 07:30:54Z
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2009-06-16 07:05:49Z
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original description  (of Sphyraena picuda Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 110, Pl. 29 (upper fig.) [details]   

original description  (of Sphyraena becuna Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629
page(s): 325, 327, Pl. 9 (fig. 3) [details]   

original description  (of Sphyraena commersonii Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome troisième. Suite du Livre troisième. Des percoïdes à dorsale unique à sept rayons branchiaux et à dents en velours ou en cardes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 3: i-xxviii + 2 pp. + 1-500, Pls. 41-71. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xxii + 1-368 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 352 [details]   

original description  (of Esox barracuda Edwards, 1771) Catesby, M. (1771). The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands; containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents ... with their descriptions in English and French, etc. 3rd. ed. 2 vols. London. [A rejected work on the Official Index, ICZN Opinions 89 and 259 (but not appendix by Edwards). [Also 1st ed., 1743; 2nd ed., 1754.]].
page(s): 1 [details]   

original description  (of Esox barracuda Walbaum, 1792) Catesby, M; Edwards, G. (1771). A catalogue of the animals and plants represented in Catesby's Natural History of Carolina. With the Linnean names. In: Edwards's (1771) edition of The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahamas Islands by Mark Catesby. Volume I: 100 pp., 100 pis; Volume II: 100 pp., 100 pis; appendix: 20 pp., 20 pis., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52786043 [details]   

original description  (of Sphyraena agam Rüppell, 1838) Rüppell, W.P.E.S. (1835-38). Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres. Frankfurt-am-Main. 1-148, Pls. 1-33. [Part 4 (1838): 81-148, Pls. 22-33.] [details]   

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]   

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts (USA), Bermuda, and throughout the Caribbean Sea to Brazil  [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]
LanguageName 
English great barracuda  [details]
Japanese オニカマス  [details]
Spanish barracuda  [details]