Barracuda
Sphyraena guachancho
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
Where to Find
Found in 27 diving areas across 15 countries and 5 regions.
- Bimini, Bahamas - 4 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 1 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 1 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 1 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 6 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 3 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 3 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 1 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 1 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 1 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 1 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 4 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 6 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 9 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 8 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 2 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 2 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 1 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 1 records
- Bocas del Toro, Panama - 19 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 19 records
- São Tomé, São Tomé & Príncipe - 2 records
- Huatulco, Mexico - 1 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 1 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 5 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 17 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 2 records