Image: Sharpfin Barracuda, Sphyraena acutipinnis
A Sharpfin Barracuda trawled by the FRV Kapala at a depth of 40 m off Port Macquarie, New South Wales, 2 October 1985.
- Photographer:
- Ken Graham
- Rights:
- © Ken Graham, DPI Fisheries
- Common name:
- Sharpfin Barracuda,
- Scientific name:
- Sphyraena acutipinnis
- Family:
- Sphyraenidae
- Order:
- Perciformes
Additional information
The species occurs on the Northwest Shelf, Western Australia, and from southern Queensland to southern New South Wales. It has a single gill raker in the angle between the upper and lower limbs of the outer gill arch.
The fish is now registered in the Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection (AMS I.27196-002).
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Tags fishes, ichthyology, Sphyraenidae, Sharpfin Barracuda, Sphyraena acutipinnis,
