Fish of the Arctozenus genus of the Paralepididae (barracudinas) family of the Alepisauroidei suborder of the Aulopiformes order of the Cyclosquamata superorder.
(Spotted barracudina. Photo by © Trevor Meyer. fishbase.org)
Spotted barracudina (Arctozenus risso) was first described in 1840 by the French zoologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte (1803-1857).
It is a bathypelagic species. It inhabits the depths of up to 2,200 meters, usually 200-1,000 meters. The maximum recorded length is 30 cm; specimens up to 25 cm are more common. It feeds on fish and shrimps.
(Spotted barracudina. Photo by © Alexei Orlov. fishbase.org)
It is the inhabitant of the southern part of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of spotted barracudina (Arctozenus risso) in other languages are as follows:
Barracudina pintada (Spanish), Barracudina di risso (Italian), Band-Barrakudina (German), Skwaran sztyletek (Polish), Морская щучка (Morskaya schuchka) (Russian), Štukovčica batinica (Croatian, Serbian), Barracudine pintade (French).