Sphyraena picudilla Southern sennet

Sphyraena picudilla is commonly referred to as Southern sennet. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

4475 

AphiaID:

273984 

Scientific:

Sphyraena picudilla 

German:

Gelbstreifen-Barrakuda , Südlicher Barrakuda 

English:

Southern Sennet 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Sphyraenidae (Family) > Sphyraena (Genus) > picudilla (Species) 

Initial determination:

Poey, 1860 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Suriname, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Columbia, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Florida, French Guiana, Grenada, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, South-Africa, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

1 - 65 Meter 

Size:

14.17" - 24.02" (36cm - 61cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Predatory 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Sphyraena acutipinnis
  Pfeil-Barrakuda
• 
  Sphyraena afra
  Guinea-Barrakuda
• Sphyraena argentea
• 
  Sphyraena barracuda
  Großer Barrakuda
• 
  Sphyraena borealis
  Nördlicher Barrakuda
• Sphyraena chrysotaenia
• Sphyraena ensis
• 
  Sphyraena flavicauda
  Gelbschwanz Barracuda
• 
  Sphyraena forsteri
  Großaugen-Barrakuda
• 
  Sphyraena guachancho
  Barrakuda
• 
  Sphyraena helleri
  Heller-Barrakuda
• Sphyraena iburiensis
• 
  Sphyraena idiastes
  Pelikan-Barrakuda
• Sphyraena intermedia
• Sphyraena japonica
• 
  Sphyraena jello
  Barrakuda
• 
  Sphyraena lucasana
  Barrakuda
• Sphyraena novaehollandiae
• 
  Sphyraena obtusata
  Gestreifter Barrakuda
• 
  Sphyraena picudilla
  Gelbstreifen-Barrakuda , Südlicher Barrakuda
• Sphyraena pinguis
• 
  Sphyraena putnamae
  Winkel-Barrakuda
• 
  Sphyraena qenie
  Dunkelflossen- oder Querstreifen-Barrakuda
• 
  Sphyraena sphyraena
  Europäische Barrakuda
• Sphyraena tome
• 
  Sphyraena viridensis
  Gebänderter Barrakuda , Gelbmaul-Barakuda
• Sphyraena waitii
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-07-28 12:12:02 

Last edit:

2020-01-15 20:36:40 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Sphyraena picudilla has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Sphyraena picudilla in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Sphyraena picudilla. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

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