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View Mode View All Pictures Species Sphyraena acutipinnis Day    Sphyraena acutipinnis was originally described as Sphyraena acutipinnis by Day in 1876. It belongs to the family Sphyraenidae. It is commonly known as Sharpfin barracuda but has many other common names such as Sharpfin barracuda in Australia, Sharpfin barracuda in USA (contiguous states), Ôyamato-kamasu in Japan, Balyos in Philippines, Sharp-fin barracuda in South Africa, Sharp-fin barracuda in South Africa. more common names It is found in Salt water and its distribution is Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, South Africa, Madagascar and Réunion (Mascarenes) east to Marquesas Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago, north to southern Japan.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   acutipinnis AuthorWI   Day [F.] AuthorNI   Day Qualification   --- Year   1876 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Istiophoriformes Istiophoriformes Family   Sphyraenidae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Sphyraena Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Istiophoriformes Family   Sphyraenidae Genus   Sphyraena Original Name   Sphyraena         Taxon Name   acutipinnis Original Combination   Sphyraena acutipinnis Original Genus   Sphyraena Original Genus Species   Sphyraena acutipinnis OriginalSubGenus   Sphyraena Original Author   Day Original AuthorWI   Day [F.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1876 Original Family   Sphyraenidae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   Sind [Sindh], Pakistan, Arabian Sea, Western Indian Ocean. Type Catalogue   Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:160 [ref. 23762]. Primary Code   Holotype (unique) Primary Type   ZSI F1599 Journal   Fishes India Citation   Part 2 Page   342 Illustrations   Pl. 79 (fig. 1) SubSpecies AuthorWI --- Qualification SS --- Original QualificationSS --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI --- Current Genus Species Sphyraena acutipinnis Current Species   acutipinnis Current Genus Sphyraena Current AuthorWI Day [F.] Current AuthorNI   Day Current Year   1876 Current Family Sphyraenidae Current Subfamily --- --- Habitat reef-associated         Water Salt water Habitat Notes Inhabits lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 9710). Also found in bays (Ref. 9768). Schooling species. Nocturnally active (Ref. 9768).     Distribution Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, South Africa, Madagascar and Réunion (Mascarenes) east to Marquesas Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago, north to southern Japan. Current Summary   Valid as Sphyraena acutipinnis  Day 1876. Sphyraenidae.   Name History   • Valid as Sphyraena acutipinnis  Day 1876 -- (de Sylva 1975:83 [ref. 6302], de Sylva & Williams 1986:722 [ref. 6301], Francis 1993:164 [ref. 25479], Francis & Randall 1993:132 [ref. 20996], Randall 1995:367 [ref. 22896], Chen et al. 1997:35 [ref. 26476], Fricke 1999:555 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:743 [ref. 25471], Allen 2000:123 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:38 [ref. 25847], Senou 2001:3689 [ref. 26303], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S120 [ref. 27377], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:373 [ref. 28072], Mundy 2005:498 [ref. 28379], Bray & Hoese 2006:1749 [ref. 29049], Fricke et al. 2009:110 [ref. 30213], Kottelat 2013:445 [ref. 32989]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections  Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 4 (87 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]234 Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   acus Sphyraena acus (Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Plumier) 1803) Synonym affinis Sphyraena affinis Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1838 Synonym afra Sphyraena afra Peters [W. C. H.] 1844 Valid africana Sphyraena africana Gilchrist [J. D. F.] & Thompson [W. W.] 1909 Valid agam Sphyraena agam Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1838 Synonym akerstromi Sphyraena akerstromi Whitley [G. P.] 1947 Synonym altipinnis Sphyraena altipinnis Ogilby [J. D.] 1910 Synonym antillana Sphyraena antillana Plumier [C.] in Lacepède 1803 Not available arabiansis Sphyraena arabiansis Abdussamad [E. M.], Retheesh [T. B.], Thangaraja [R.], Bineesh [K. K.] & Prakashan [D.] 2015 Valid argentea Sphyraena argentea Girard [C. F.] 1854 Valid aureoflammea Sphyraena aureoflammea Seale [A.] 1910 Synonym aureoviridis Sphyraena aureoviridis Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803 Uncertain barracuda Sphyraena barracuda (Walbaum [J. J.] 1792) Synonym barracuda Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards [M.] in Catesby 1771) Valid becuna Sphyraena becuna Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803 Synonym bleekeri Sphyraena bleekeri Williams [F.] 1959 Synonym bocagei Sphyraena bocagei Osório [B.] 1891 Synonym borealis Sphyraena borealis DeKay [J. E.] 1842 Valid brachygnathos Sphyraena brachygnathos Bleeker [P.] 1855 Synonym branneri Sphyraena branneri Miranda Ribeiro [A. de] 1915 Action chinensis Sphyraena chinensis Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803 Uncertain chrysotaenia Sphyraena chrysotaenia Klunzinger [C. B.] 1884 Synonym commersonii Sphyraena commersonii Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829 Synonym dentatus Sphyraena dentatus Saville-Kent [W.] (ex De Vis) 1893 Not available dubia Sphyraena dubia Bleeker [P.] 1863 Synonym Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 4 (87 items). 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