Sphyraena guachancho Guachanche barracuda

Sphyraena guachancho is commonly referred to as Guachanche barracuda. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

7229 

AphiaID:

159814 

Scientific:

Sphyraena guachancho 

German:

Barrakuda 

English:

Guachanche Barracuda 

Category:

 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

Cuvier, 1829 

Occurrence:

Ghana, Benin, Suriname, Barbados, Gambia, Angola, Argentina, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Cameroon, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, French Guiana, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, São Tomé e Principé, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South America, The Bahamas, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, The Gulf of Guinea, the Netherlands Antilles, Togo, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela, West Africa, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

0 - 100 Meter 

Size:

27.56" - 78.74" (70cm - 200cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Mysis, Nekton, Predatory, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Sepia, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

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:

2014-06-15 20:14:18 

Last edit:

2014-06-15 20:14:18 

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