FB-5030 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5030 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Carangaria/misc Sphyraenidae Sphyraena Sphyraena afra Peters, 1844 Barakuda gwinejska Barbudo Barracuda-da-Guiné Becuda Bicuda-da-Guiné Guinese-barrakuda Guinea-barracuda Guinea-barrakuda Guinean barracuda Lizi Barracouda Bécune guinéenne Brochet Khède Seudeu Espetón de Guinea Akpa Essonia Lizi Owangal Wankangho 横纹魣 橫紋魣 Sphyraena dubia (non Bleeker, 1863) Sphyraena guachancho (non Cuvier, 1829) Sphyraena hupferi Fischer, 1885 Sphyraena jello (non Cuvier, 1829) Sphyraena piscatorum Cadenat, 1964 1992-02-11 2024-08-12 Schneider, W.0 FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine resources of the Gulf of Guinea. Prepared and published with the support of the FAO Regional Office for Africa. Rome: FAO. 268 p. (Ref. 2683) Bianchi, G.0 Fichas FAO de identifacao de espécies para propósitos comerciais. 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Allasane and G. Germain0 Length-weight relationship and condition factor (K) of thirty (30) commercially valuable fish species landed in the lower basin of the Comoé River (Côte d’Ivoire). Natl. J. Multi. Res. Dev. 4(3):31-37. (Ref. 123597) Sadio, O., F. Le Loc'h, M. Simier and L. Tito de Morais0 Length-weight relationships of 20 fish species from the Sine Saloum estuary, Senegal, West Africa. Cybium 45(2):155-158. (Ref. 126428) Sadio, O., M. Simier, L. Tito de Morais and F. Le Loc’h0 Length-weight relationships of 20 fish species from Fatala estuary, Guinea-Conakry, West Africa. Cybium 48(1):49-53. (Ref. 130795) FB-GeneralDescr-5030 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-02-11 00:00:00 2024-08-12 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5030 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Commonly enters lagoons and estuaries (Ref. 4339, 57401). Found on the continental shelf (Ref. 36731). Feeds on fish and shrimps (Ref. 28587). Never reported to be ciguatoxic. Good food and recreational value. Daget, J. 2003 Sphyraenidae. p. 612-615 In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douce et saumâtres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, Tome 2. Coll. Faune et Flore tropicales 40. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, Museum National d'Histoire Naturalle, Paris, France and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France. 815 p. (Ref. 57401) FB-DiagnosticDescr-5030 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1997-02-13 00:00:00 2015-04-27 16:30:48 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5030 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Diagnosis: 122-140 (generally 125-132) scales in lateral line (Ref. 57401). Sides marked with about 20 dark, largely backwards open chevrons (Ref. 57401), which become less distinct in large specimens (Ref. 5491).Description: body elongate, slightly compressed; head large with a long and pointed snout; interorbital space flat or concave; hind edge of opercular bone with two spines; mouth large, lower jaw prominent without any skin appendage; hind end of premaxillary reaching or nearly reaching anterior border of eye; teeth strong, pointed, close to one another; teeth of lower jaw straight, never turned backwards; teeth on roof of mouth; 1st dorsal fin begins clearly behind the insertion level of ventral fins; longest rays of 2nd dorsal and anal fins, when folded back, reach the extremity of the last rays; distal edge of pectoral fin stands behind insertion level of ventral fin (Ref. 57401).Coloration: back and upper part of flanks bluish or greenish grey, lower part of flanks and belly silver white; sides marked with about 20 dark chevrons, largely open backwards; very distinct in medium-sized individuals, these chevrons remain obvious in maximal sizes; 2nd dorsal fin and caudal fin uniformly dark, without a white edge; anal fin dark with a distal rim clearer (Ref. 57401). Daget, J. 2003 Sphyraenidae. p. 612-615 In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douce et saumâtres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, Tome 2. Coll. Faune et Flore tropicales 40. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, Museum National d'Histoire Naturalle, Paris, France and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France. 815 p. (Ref. 57401) FB-Morphology-5030 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1997-02-13 00:00:00 2015-04-27 16:30:48 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5030 Dorsal spines (total): 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 9 Daget, J. 2003 Sphyraenidae. p. 612-615 In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douce et saumâtres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, Tome 2. Coll. Faune et Flore tropicales 40. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, Museum National d'Histoire Naturalle, Paris, France and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France. 815 p. (Ref. 57401) FB-Distribution-5030 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-02-11 00:00:00 2024-12-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5030 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Eastern Atlantic: Senegal to Namibia (Ref. 57401). Also reported from Mauritania (Ref. 5377). Daget, J. 2003 Sphyraenidae. p. 612-615 In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douce et saumâtres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, Tome 2. Coll. Faune et Flore tropicales 40. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, Museum National d'Histoire Naturalle, Paris, France and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France. 815 p. (Ref. 57401) FB-Uses-5030 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-02-11 00:00:00 2024-08-12 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5030 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes Schneider, W. 1990 FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine resources of the Gulf of Guinea. Prepared and published with the support of the FAO Regional Office for Africa. Rome: FAO. 268 p. (Ref. 2683) IGFA 2009 Database of IGFA angling records until 2009. IGFA, Fort Lauderdale, USA. FB-TrophicStrategy-5030 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1999-09-22 00:00:00 1999-12-11 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public afra http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Feeds on fish and shrimps (Ref. 28587). Daget, J. 1986 Sphyraenidae. p. 350-351. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4339) FB-Size-5030 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-02-11 00:00:00 2024-08-12 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5030 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 205 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 57401)); max. published weight: 50.0 kg (Ref. 57401) Daget, J. 2003 Sphyraenidae. p. 612-615 In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douce et saumâtres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, Tome 2. Coll. Faune et Flore tropicales 40. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, Museum National d'Histoire Naturalle, Paris, France and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France. 815 p. (Ref. 57401) Daget, J. 2003 Sphyraenidae. p. 612-615 In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douce et saumâtres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, Tome 2. Coll. Faune et Flore tropicales 40. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, Museum National d'Histoire Naturalle, Paris, France and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France. 815 p. (Ref. 57401) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-5030 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-02-11 00:00:00 2024-08-12 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5030 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size pelagic-neritic; brackish; marine; depth range 0 - 75 m (Ref. 6949) De Sylva, D.P. 1990 Sphyraenidae. p. 860-864. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 6949)