Species: Sphyraena borealis, Sennet, Northern Sennet, Sennet Barracuda

Sphyraena borealis DeKay, 1842

Sennet, Northern Sennet, Sennet Barracuda

Body elongate, slender, cylindrical at the front; head long with a long pointed snout; large protractile mouth with a distinctly protruding lower jaw; top jaw not reaching under eye; jaws and roof of mouth with many long sharp-edged teeth of unequal sizes; gill rakers present as 1-2 short spines or spiny plates at angle of gill arch; two widely separated dorsal fins (V + I, 8-10); anal fin small, II, 8, similar to and under 2nd dorsal; last rays of dorsal and anal fins not distinctly longer than rays just before them; pectorals, small not reaching pelvic base nor under origin of dorsal fin; pelvics I, 5, small, inserted under or slightly behind origin of dorsal fin, much nearer base of last anal ray than to tip of lower jaw; a forked tail without central lobes; small smooth scales, 107-135 on lateral line; a well-developed, straight lateral line.

Silvery, adults with dark bars or blotches, may have 2 yellowish stripes along body; young with a series of dark elongate blotches along side; fins yellowish.

Size: 50 cm.

Habitat: coastal and on continental shelf, nearbottom to surface.

Depth: 0.2-65 m.

Canada to Argentina.

Note: S. picudilla is a synonym.