Pickhandle barracuda
Sphyraena jello
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 30 diving areas across 19 countries and 5 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 12 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 1 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 15 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 19 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 2 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 2 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 2 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 4 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 63 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 6 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 2 records
- Dar es Salaam & Offshore Islands, Tanzania - 19 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 6 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 2 records
- Sumatra, Indonesia - 2 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 2 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 2 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 2 records
- Siargao, Philippines - 2 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 10 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 3 records