Yellowmouth barracuda (Sphyraena viridensis)

Scientific name: Sphyraena viridensis Cuvier, 1829

Yellowmouth barracuda (Sphyraena viridensis)

The Yellowmouth barracuda (Sphyraena viridensis) is a marine fish of the family Sphyraenidae.

Biology

Body slender, fusiform with conical, hydrodynamical snout. Mouth long, with low protractile capacity and with prognatic lower jaw, has two rows of long canine-like teeth. Has no scale on preoperculum. Upper half of body has numerous vertical dark bands extending below the lateral line in the anterior part of the flanks.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Sphyraena viridensis
Family
Sphyraenidae (Barracudas)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
128
Common length
40.0
Environment
Marine; pelagic-neritic
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Eastern Central Atlantic: Cape Verde and the Canary Islands. Also reported from Lebanon in the eastern Mediterranean. Its exact distribution and abundance are unknown because most published records do not separate it from Sphyraena sphyraena. Also in Azores Islands.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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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