Great Barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

Category: Reef Fish

IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction

Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Teleostei

Order

Carangaria incertae sedis

Family

Sphyraenidae

Genus

Sphyraena

Wikipedia

WoRMS Database

Where to Find

Found in 108 diving areas across 61 countries and 9 regions.

• Christmas Island, Australia - 11 records
• Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 11 records
• Rowley Shoals, Australia - 4 records
• Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
• Sandy Island, Anguilla - 1 records
• Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 1 records
• Abaco, Bahamas - 14 records
• Andros, Bahamas - 15 records
• Bimini, Bahamas - 1765 records
• Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 6 records
• Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 6 records
• Long Island, Bahamas - 10 records
• Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 39 records
• South Coast, Barbados - 11 records
• West Coast, Barbados - 8 records
• North Shore, Bermuda - 12 records
• Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 1 records
• Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 269 records
• Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 178 records
• Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 9 records
• Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 41 records
• Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 44 records
• Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 22 records
• Varadero, Cuba - 2 records
• Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 8 records
• Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
• Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 2 records
• Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 6 records
• Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 23 records
• Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 6 records
• Carriacou, Grenada - 2 records
• Southwest Coast, Grenada - 2 records
• Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 2 records
• Montego Bay, Jamaica - 3 records
• Negril, Jamaica - 2 records
• Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 11 records
• Diamond Rock, Martinique - 8 records
• Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 8 records
• Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 223 records
• La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 305 records
• Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 304 records
• St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 4 records
• Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 6 records
• Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 2 records
• St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 361 records
• St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 274 records
• Ambergris Caye, Belize - 55 records
• Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 130 records
• Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 14 records
• Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 103 records
• Roatán, Honduras - 10 records
• Utila, Honduras - 121 records
• Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 6 records
• Coiba National Park, Panama - 1 records
• Fakarava, French Polynesia - 3 records
• Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 6 records
• Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 2 records
• Pohnpei, Micronesia - 1 records
• Yap, Micronesia - 13 records
• Niue West Coast, Niue - 2 records
• Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 52 records
• Rock Islands, Palau - 52 records
• Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
• Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
• Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 4 records
• Upolu, Samoa - 17 records
• Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 2 records
• Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 6 records
• Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 1 records
• Tongatapu, Tonga - 3 records
• Vava'u Group, Tonga - 5 records
• Kerama Islands, Japan - 2 records
• Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 2 records
• Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
• Moheli, Comoros - 24 records
• Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
• Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 8 records
• Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 4 records
• Vaavu Atoll, Maldives - 2 records
• Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 4 records
• Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
• Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 117 records
• Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 7 records
• Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 3 records
• Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 4 records
• São Tomé, São Tomé & Príncipe - 1 records
• Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 63 records
• Inner Islands, Seychelles - 64 records
• KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 2 records
• Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 7 records
• Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 3 records
• Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 3 records
• Cozumel, Mexico - 22 records
• Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 32 records
• Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 15 records
• Malpelo Island, Colombia - 23 records
• Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 55 records
• Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 14 records
• Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 7 records
• Bali, Indonesia - 4 records
• Sipadan, Malaysia - 2 records
• Bohol, Philippines - 39 records
• Dumaguete, Philippines - 37 records
• Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 26 records
• Visayas, Philippines - 33 records
• Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 1 records
• Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 4 records
• Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 4 records