Issue
Sphyraena nigripinnis Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 considered as valid in CofF (ref. 118474).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range
Ecologia
marino associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 100 m (Ref. 89972). Tropical; 30°N - 24°S
Indo-Pacific: East Africa, Red Sea to Persian Gulf (Ref.80050), 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 / Peso / Age
Maturità: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 170 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 9710); common length : 80.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 9768); peso massimo pubblicato: 7.1 kg (Ref. 40637)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 6; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 9; Spine anali: 2; Raggi anali molli: 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.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
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
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
In general, barracudas in large numbers aggegate during spawning season and migrate to specific spawning areas (Ref. 240).
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: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 4537)
Human uses
Pesca: commerciale; Pesce da pesca sportiva: si
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Fonte Biblio.
123201): 26.1 - 29, mean 28.1 °C (based on 1626 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00708 (0.00329 - 0.01525), b=2.92 (2.75 - 3.09), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 4.5 ±0.80 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio.
120179): Molto basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione più di 14 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
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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);
