Yellowtail barracuda
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| Sphyraena flavicauda Rüppell, 1838 |
The yellowtail barracuda, Sphyraena flavicauda, a barracuda of the family Sphyraenidae, is found in Indo-West Pacific oceans. Its length is up to 60 cm.
Body has two brown or brownish yellow longitudinal stripes which may disappear in old specimens; caudal fin yellowish. It is occasionally confused with the barracuda species Sphyraena obtusata but is more elongated.
The yellowtail barracuda is a schooling fish and feeds almost exclusively on other fish.
[edit] References
- "Sphyraena flavicauda". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. Vebruary 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
