Sharpfin barracuda

Sharpfin barracuda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Vertebrata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Sphyraenidae
Genus: Sphyraena
Species: S. acutipinnis
Binomial name
Sphyraena acutipinnis
Day, 1876

Sharpfin barracuda (Sphyraena acutipinnis) is a schooling species of barracuda inhabits lagoon, bay and seaward reef that is nocturnally active. Its length is up to 80 cm. The species is found across Indo-Pacific from East Africa to the Hawaiian, Marquesan and Tuamoto islands, north to southern Japan as well as coastal China.

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