Guachanche barracuda (Sphyraena guachancho)

Scientific name: Sphyraena guachancho Cuvier, 1829

Guachanche barracuda (Sphyraena guachancho)

The Guachanche barracuda (Sphyraena guachancho) is a brackish-water fish of the family Sphyraenidae.

Biology

Occurs in shallow and generally turbid coastal water over muddy bottoms, often around river estuaries. Schooling species. Feeds on mainly on fishes belonging to the Engraulidae, Clupeidae, Lutjanidae and Synodontidae families and also on squid from the Loliginidae family. Marketed fresh and salted.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Sphyraena guachancho
Family
Sphyraenidae (Barracudas)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
200
Common length
70.0
Depth range
0–100 m (0–328 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - 100 m
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Massachusetts (USA), northern Gulf of Mexico, and throughout the Caribbean Sea to Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Senegal to Angola, including the Canary Islands and Cape Verde.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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