Fish of the Sphyraena genus of the Sphyraenidae family of the Istiophoriformes order of the Percomorpha clade of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(European barracuda. Photo by © C. Garcia de los Rios. ictioterm.es)
European barracuda (Sphyraena sphyraena) was first described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778).
It’s a pelagic coastal species. It inhabits the depths of up to 100 meters, usually up to 50 meters. The maximum recorded length is 165 cm; specimens up to 60 cm long are more common. The maximum weight is 3.6 kilograms. It feeds on fish, less often on cephalopods and crustaceans.
(European barracuda. Photo by © A. M. Arias. ictioterm.es)
It’s a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of European barracuda (Sphyraena sphyraena) in other languages as follows:
Shtiza e detit (Albanian), Zeesnoek (Dutch), Λούτσος (Ljútsos) (Greek), Espetón (Spanish), Luccio marino (Italian), Europäischer Barrakuda (German), Barrakuda europejska (Polish), Bicuda, Barracuda-europeia (Portuguese), Luciul (Romanian), Европейская барракуда (Evropejskaja barrakuda) (Russian), Škaram (Serbian, Croatian), Barakuda (Slovenian), Iskarmoz balığı (Turkish), Bécune européenne (French).