Sphyraenidae

guaguanche

Sphyraena guachancho

Sphyraenid Fish from the Brazilian Coast

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Atlantic Ocean
• Africa
• Central America and the Caribbean
• North America
• South America
• Elongated
• Large
• Tropical fish

The Guachanche barracuda (Sphyraena guachancho) is an ocean-going species of game fish in the barracuda family, Sphyraenidae. It was described by the French zoologist Georges Cuvier in 1829. The description was part of the second edition of Le Règne Animal, or The Animal Kingdom.