The yellowtail barracuda, Sphyraena flavicauda, a barracuda of the family Sphyraenidae, is found in Indo-West Pacific oceans. Its length is up to 60 cm.
Body has two brown or brownish yellow longitudinal stripes which may disappear in old specimens; caudal fin yellowish. It is occasionally confused with the barracuda speciesSphyraena obtusata but is more elongated.
The yellowtail barracuda is a schooling fish and feeds almost exclusively on other fish.
Yellowtail barracuda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Sphyraenidae
Genus:
Sphyraena
Species:
S. flavicauda
Binomial name
Sphyraena flavicauda
Rüppell, 1838
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