Pickhandle Barracuda (species: Sphyraena jello) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Sphyraena jello
Pickhandle Barracuda


©Anne Hoggett: Sphyraena jello at Snake Pit near Lizard Island

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Sphyraenidae
Genus Sphyraena
Species Sphyraena jello

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Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

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Distinguishing features

Body with dark bars crossing lateral line, each bar oblique in upper half, but nearly vertical in lower half; caudal fin largely yellowish (Fishbase accessed 6 Sep 2016).

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

  • Jabbar, A., A. Asnoussi, L.J. Norbury, A. Eisenbarth, S. Shamsi, R.B. Gasser, A.L. Lopata and I. Beveridge (2012). Larval anisakid nematodes in teleost fishes from Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research, 63: 1283-1299. LIRS catalog number 1584.