Sphyraena afra Guinean barracuda

Sphyraena afra is commonly referred to as Guinean barracuda. Difficulty in the aquarium: Non adatto agli acquari!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

12967 

AphiaID:

273977 

Scientific:

Sphyraena afra 

German:

Guinea-Barrakuda 

English:

Guinean Barracuda 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Sphyraenidae (Family) > Sphyraena (Genus) > afra (Species) 

Initial determination:

Peters, 1844 

Occurrence:

Ghana, Benin, Gambia, Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, Namibia, Nigeria, São Tomé e Principé, Senegal, Sierra Leone, The Gulf of Guinea, the Ivory Coast, Togo 

Sea depth:

0 - 75 Meter 

Size:

39.37" - 80.71" (100cm - 205cm) 

Weight:

50 kg 

Temperature:

22,6 °F - 82.4 °F (22,6°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Nekton, Predatory, Schrimps, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

Non adatto agli acquari! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Sphyraena acutipinnis
  Pfeil-Barrakuda
• 
  Sphyraena afra
  Guinea-Barrakuda
• Sphyraena argentea
• 
  Sphyraena barracuda
  Großer Barrakuda
• 
  Sphyraena borealis
  Nördlicher Barrakuda
• Sphyraena chrysotaenia
• Sphyraena ensis
• 
  Sphyraena flavicauda
  Gelbschwanz Barracuda
• 
  Sphyraena forsteri
  Großaugen-Barrakuda
• 
  Sphyraena guachancho
  Barrakuda
• 
  Sphyraena helleri
  Heller-Barrakuda
• Sphyraena iburiensis
• 
  Sphyraena idiastes
  Pelikan-Barrakuda
• Sphyraena intermedia
• Sphyraena japonica
• 
  Sphyraena jello
  Barrakuda
• 
  Sphyraena lucasana
  Barrakuda
• Sphyraena novaehollandiae
• 
  Sphyraena obtusata
  Gestreifter Barrakuda
• 
  Sphyraena picudilla
  Gelbstreifen-Barrakuda , Südlicher Barrakuda
• Sphyraena pinguis
• 
  Sphyraena putnamae
  Winkel-Barrakuda
• 
  Sphyraena qenie
  Dunkelflossen- oder Querstreifen-Barrakuda
• 
  Sphyraena sphyraena
  Europäische Barrakuda
• Sphyraena tome
• 
  Sphyraena viridensis
  Gebänderter Barrakuda , Gelbmaul-Barakuda
• Sphyraena waitii
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-04-20 21:39:51 

Last edit:

2020-04-21 20:15:01 

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