Fish of the Sphyraena genus of the Sphyraenidae family of the Istiophoriformes order of the Percomorpha clade of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Yellowstripe barracuda. Photo by © Akin T. Ilkyaz. fishbase.org)
Yellowstripe barracuda (Sphyraena chrysotaenia) was first described in 1884 by the German zoologist Carl Benjamin Klunzinger (1834-1914).
It’s a pelagic coastal species. The maximum recorded length is 30 cm. It feeds on fish, less often on cephalopods and crustaceans.
(Yellowstripe barracuda. Photo by © Pierpaolo Consoli. fishbase.org)
It’s a rare species found in the Mediterranean Sea that entered it through the Suez Canal. It was found several times in the southern part of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of yellowstripe barracuda (Sphyraena chrysotaenia) in other languages as follows:
Κουτσομουρόλουτσος (Kutsomuroljutsos) (Greek), Picuda obtusa (Spanish), Barracuda a strisce gialle (Italian), Barakuda żółtopłetwa (Polish), Bicuda-amarela (Portuguese), Зеленополосая барракуда (Zelenopolosaja barrakuda) (Rusian), Tupousna barakuda (Serbian, Croatian), Bécune à ligne jaune (French).