Fish of the Lestidiops genus of the Paralepididae (barracudinas) family of the Alepisauroidei suborder of the Aulopiformes order of the Cyclosquamata superorder.
(Lestidiops sphyrenoides. Photo by © Elias Kyriakakis. fishbase.org)
Lestidiops sphyrenoides was first described in 1820 by the French naturalist Antoine Risso (1777-1845).
It is a bathypelagic species. It inhabits the depths of 50-600 meters. The maximum recorded length is 27 cm. It feeds on fish, crustaceans and planktonic organisms.
This fish occur in the southern part of the Adriatic Sea. It is a rare species.
Names of Lestidiops sphyrenoides in other languages are as follows:
Fals espet (Spanish), Barracudina sfirenoide (Italian), Atlantischer Barrakudina (German), Лестидиопс-барракуда (Lestidiops-barrakuda) (Russian), Štukovčica šipčica (Croatian, Serbian).