Pickhandle barracuda
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Sphyraena jello Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1829 |
The pickhandle barracuda (Sphyraena jello) is so called because the dark marks along its side look like the thick ends of pickaxe handles.
[edit] References
- Sphyraena jello (TSN 170433). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 18 April 2006.
- "Sphyraena jello". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. November 2005 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2005.