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Sphyraena qenie Klunzinger, 1870
BLACKFIN BARRACUDA
Sphyraena putnamae Jordan and Seale, 1907

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Sphyraena qenie
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Overview
Main identification features
  • slender
  • 18-22 long bars; dorsal fin anal fin and tail: dark
  • c: with central lobes
  • pelvic under pectoral
  • lateral line has 120-130 scales
Elongate, cylindrical, slender; long head, long pointed snout; mouth large, horizontal, lower jaw longer; jaws and roof of mouth with large, pointed teeth; two well separated dorsal fins, first with V spines, second I,8 rays; lateral line complete, straight; origin of pelvic fins under pectoral, before first dorsal fin; scales smooth, 120-130 on lateral line; tail fin forked, with central lobes, particularly in large fish; opercle with 2 flat spines; anal 7 rays; pectoral 13 rays; teeth erect, compressed.

Bluey-grey above, silvery below, 18-22 oblique dark bars on back that extend well below lateral line; dorsals, tail and anal fin blackish, last 2 rays of anal pale, contrasting.

Size: 170 cm.

Habitat: coastal and oceanic, nearbottom to surface, often around reefs.

Depth: 0-100 m.

Indo-Pacific; the SE Gulf of California, Guatemala, western Panama, central Ecuador, and Clipperton Is and Gorgona Island (Colombia).


Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 100 m.
Depth Range Min: 0 m.
Diet: bony fishes.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=22; Southern limit=-2; Western limit=-110; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=24; Longitudinal range=32.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Reef Associated.
Global Endemism: All Pacific (West + Central + East); Indo-Pacific only (Indian + Pacific Oceans); TEP non-endemic; "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific); All species.
Habitat: Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Water column.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 170 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s); Continent; Continent + Island (s); Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Eastern Pacific non-endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Mid Water; Near Bottom; Near Surface; Water column only;


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References
  • Acero, A. and Franke, R., 2001., Peces del parque nacional natural Gorgona. En: Barrios, L. M. y M. Lopéz-Victoria (Eds.). Gorgona marina: Contribución al conocimiento de una isla única., INVEMAR, Serie Publicaciones Especiales No. 7:123-131.
  • Allen , G.R. and Robertson, D.R., 1997., An Annotated Checklist of the fishes of Clipperton Atoll, Tropical Eastern Pacific., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 45:813-843.
  • Klunzinger,., 1870., Synopsis der Fische des Rothen Meeres. I. Theil. Percoiden-Mugiloiden., Verh. K.-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien, 20:669-834.
  • Smith , M. M. and Heemstra, P., 1986., Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg: Macmillan South Africa. 1047 pp., Macmillan South Africa:1047pp.

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Sphyraena qenie, Blackfin barracuda : fisheries, gamefish
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Sphyraena qenie Klunzinger , 1870

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Carangaria/misc (Various families in series Carangaria) > Sphyraenidae (Barracudas)
Etymology: Sphyraena: Greek, sphyraina, -es = the name of a fish (Ref. 45335 ) .
More on author: Klunzinger .

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 100 m (Ref. 89972 ). Tropical; 30°N - 24°S

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Indo-Pacific: Persian Gulf (Ref.80050); Red Sea and East Africa to the central Indian Ocean and French Polynesia. Eastern Pacific: Mexico and Panama. The exact range is uncertain because of confusion with Sphyraena jello and Sphyraena putnamae (Ref. 9768 ).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm
Max length : 170 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9710 ); common length : 80.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9768 ); max. published weight: 7.1 kg (Ref. 40637 )

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines : 2; Anal soft rays : 7 - 9. Many dark bars crossing lateral line on body, each bar oblique in upper half, but nearly vertical in the lower; caudal fin largely blackish. No gill rakers on first arch; upper and lower gill arch with rough platelets, each platelet not bearing distinct spine.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found near current-swept lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 9710 ). Feeds on fishes (Ref. 89972 ). Usually seen in large semi-stationary schools during the day (Ref. 9768 ) which have a tendency to occupy the same site for months or even years at a time. Probably disperses at night to feed (Ref. 1602 ). Often hooked by trolling between dusk and dawn (Ref. 37816 ). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 128797.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

In general, barracudas in large numbers aggegate during spawning season and migrate to specific spawning areas (Ref. 240 ).

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

De Sylva, D.P. and F. Williams , 1986. Sphyraenidae. p. 721-726. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 5491 )

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )

    Not Evaluated  

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361 )

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 4537 )





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201 ): 26.1 - 29, mean 28.1 °C (based on 1626 cells). Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00724 (0.00339 - 0.01546), b=2.92 (2.74 - 3.10), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  4.5   ±0.80 se; based on food items. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Very high vulnerability (90 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   Medium . Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 9.8 [4.8, 25.1] mg/100g; Iron = 0.241 [0.113, 0.501] mg/100g; Protein = 20.2 [18.2, 21.9] %; Omega3 = 0.0769 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 47 [19, 118] μg/100g; VitaminA = 33 [7, 160] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.4 [0.3, 0.7] mg/100g (wet weight);

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