Class: Actinopterygii / Ray-finned
fishes
Order: Perciformes / Perch-like fishes
Family: Sphyraenidae / Barracudas
Genus Species: Sphyraena barracuda
/ Great Barracuda
Habitat: drift around reefs
Typical food: gobies, mojarras, atherinids,
young parrotfish, needlefish, grunts, puffers,
jacks, seabasses, halfbeaks, mackerels, snappers
Other information: open and close mouth
to help respiration; often solitary; curious near divers
and often approach them or follow them but keep a ten feet or so distance
from them
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