Species: Sphyraena lucasana, Cortez barracuda, Lucas' barracuda
fins pale
mouth short
Sphyraena lucasana Gill, 1863
Cortez barracuda, Lucas' barracuda
Body elongate, cylindrical at the front; head long with a long pointed snout; large protractile mouth with a distinctly protruding lower jaw, short, not reaching to 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, 9); small pectorals, 16 rays; pelvics I, 5, small, origin behind pectoral fins, under first dorsal fin; anal fin small, II, 8-9, similar to and under 2nd dorsal; tail forked, without central lobes; a well-developed, straight lateral line; small smooth scales, 160-170 on lateral line.
Silvery with about 20 faint dark bars on upper side; fins pale.
Size: reaches 76 cm.
Habitat: coastal pelagic.
Depth: 0-25 m.
Southern Baja and the Gulf of California.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Water column only
- Mid Water
- Near Surface
- Near Bottom
- Habitat
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- Water column
- FishBase Habitat
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- Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Bony fishes
- No Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- Pelagic
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- All species
- TEP endemic
- Continental TEP endemic
- Continent
- Continent only
- Cortez province endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
- IUCN Red List
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- Data deficient
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 76
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 25
