Yellowstripe barracuda

Sphyraena chrysotaenia

Sphyraenid Fish from Indo West Pacific

Yellow
Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Oceania
West Asia
Elongated
Medium
Tropical fish

Sphyraena chrysotaenia, also known as the yellowstripe barracuda, is a species of predatory, ray finned fish from the family Sphyraenidae which is found in the Indo-West Pacific region. It has entered the Mediterranean Sea from the Red Sea through the Suez Canal as a Lessepesian migrant and is now an important species in the fisheries of the eastern Mediterranean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Jacks, Flatfishes, Barracudas, and Allies
Family: Sphyraenidae
Genus: Sphyraena
Maximum length: 32.2 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: from East London, South Africa to Iraq, east to Fiji. Mediterranean: Lessepsian migrant.

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