Species Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards, 1771)
Great Barracuda, Akerstrom's Sea-pike, Barracuda, Dingo-fish, Giant Barracuda, Giant Sea-pike, Small-eyed Barracuda
Compiler and date details
22 April 2013 - Douglass F. Hoese, Dianne J. Bray, & Matthew M. Lockett
20 December 2006 - Dianne J. Bray & Douglass F. Hoese
- Esox barracuda Edwards, G. 1771. A catalog of the animals and plants represented in Catesby's Natural History of Carolina with the Linnaean names,. pp. 1-2 in Catesby, M. The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands. (Revised by G. Edwards). To which is now added a Linnaean index of the animals and plants. London : B. White 100 pp. [with separate pagination in volume 2] [1] [name available from index, work is otherwise not binomial].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Bermuda. - Esox barracuda Walbaum, J.J. 1792. Petri Artedi renovati. Part 3. Petri Artedi sueci genera Piscium in quibus systema totum ichthyologiae. Grypeswaldiae 723 pp. 3 pls. [94] [a junior homonym of Esox barracuda Edwards, 1771)].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, West Indies. - Sphyraena akerstromi Whitley, G.P. 1947. New sharks and fishes from Western Australia. Part 3. The Australian Zoologist 11(2): 129-150 figs 1-3 pl. 11 [131, pl. 11(1)].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown (type material apparently not retained), off Lowendal Island, Montebello Islands, WA. - Sphyraena microps Marshall, T.C. 1953. Ichthyological notes. No. 2. Department of Harbours and Marine. Queensland 2: 48-63 pls 1-3 [54, pl. 2(3)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) QM I.3081 head, Moreton Bay, QLD. - Sphyraena commersonii Cuvier, G.L. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1829. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 3 500 pp., pls 41-71. [352].
Type data:
Holotype A-8414 dry, Indian Seas.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- de Sylva, D.P. 1973. Barracudas (Pisces : Sphyraenidae) of the Indian Ocean and adjacent seas — a preliminary review of their systematics and ecology. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 15(1): 74-94 figs 1-4 [84]
Generic Combinations
- Agrioposphyraena akerstromi (Whitley, 1947). —
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [40] (682, changed combination cited) - Sphyraena barracuda (Walbaum, 1792). —
Cuvier, G.L. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1829. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 3 500 pp., pls 41-71. [343] - Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards, 1771). —
Russell, B.C. 2003. Family Sphyraenidae. pp. 1807-1811 in Carpenter, K.E. (ed.). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Rome : FAO & American Society of Ichthyologists & Herpetologists Vol. 3 pp. 1375-2127. [1810] (changed authorship) - Agrioposphyraena barracuda (Walbaum, 1792). —
Fowler, H.W. 1903. New and little known Mugilidae and Sphyraenidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 5: 727-742 pls 41-44 [749] (changed combination as type of subgenus Agrioposphyraena)
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [108] (729) - Agrioposphyraena microps (Marshall, 1953). —
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [40] (681, changed combination cited)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Off North West Cape, WA (21°58'S) to Sydney, NSW (33°51'S), possibly south to Albany (35°S) on the west coast, also Rowley Shoals (17°30'S) and Scott Reef (14°05'S), WA, Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Lord Howe Island; tropical, Atlantic-Indo-west-central Pacific.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Timor Province (2), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
- Allen, G.R., Hoese, D.F., Paxton, J.R., Randall, J.E., Russell, B.C., Starck, W.A., Talbot, F.H. & Whitley, G.P. 1976. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Lord Howe Island. Records of the Australian Museum 30(15): 365-454 figs 1-2 [416]
- Allen, G.R. & Russell, B.C. 1986. Part VII Fishes. pp. 79-103 in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Faunal Surveys of the Rowley Shoals, Scott Reef and Seringapatam Reef, northwestern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 25: 1-106 [93]
- Allen, G.R. & Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1994. Fishes of Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 412: 1-21 [14]
- Francis, M. 1993. Checklist of the coastal fishes of Lord Howe, Norfolk, and Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean. Pacific Science 47(2): 136-170 figs 1-2 [164]
- Hutchins, J.B. 2003. Checklist of marine fishes of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. pp. 453-478 in Wells, F.E., Walker, D.I., & Jones, D.S. (eds). Proceedings of the Eleventh International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Dampier, Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum. [471]
- Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3) [333]
- Johnson, J.W. & Gill, A.C. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of Sweers Island, Gulf of Carpentaria. Gulf of Carpentaria Scientific Study Report. Geography Monograph Series. Brisbane: Royal Geographic Society of Queensland. pp. 239-260 [257]
- Russell, B.C., Larson, H.K., Hutchins, J.B. & Allen, G.R. 2005. Reef fishes of the Sahul Shelf. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory Supplement 1 2005: 83-105 [98]
Ecological Descriptors
Marine, pelagic.
Extra Ecological Information
Juveniles found inshore, occasionally in estuaries, adults near reefs, or in open sea.
General References
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [121] (as Sphyraena commersonii)
Morishita, S., Miki, R., Wada, H., Itou, M. & Motomura, H. 2020. Morphological comparisons of Sphyraena qenie with S. putnamae, with a revised key to Indo‑Pacific species of Sphyraena lacking gill rakers (Sphyraenidae). Ichthyological Research 67: 456-463
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [108] (729, as Agrioposphyraena barracuda)
Senou, H. 2001. Sphyraenidae. pp. 3685-3697 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3690]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [40] (681, as Agrioposphyraena microps and 682, as Agrioposphyraena akerstromi)
Common Name References
Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [140] (Dingo-fish, Giant Sea-pike, Small-eyed Barracuda)
Marshall, T.C. 1964. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Waters of Queensland. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 566 pp. 136 pls. [402] (Giant Barracuda)
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [108] (Akerstrom's Sea-pike)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Great Barracuda)
Senou, H. 2001. Sphyraenidae. pp. 3685-3697 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3690] (FAO) (Great Barracuda)
Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [203] (Barracuda)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 15-May-2013 | 18-Nov-2020 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |