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View Mode View All Pictures Species Sphyraena ensis Jordan & Gilbert    Sphyraena ensis was originally described as Sphyraena ensis by Jordan & Gilbert in 1882. It belongs to the family Sphyraenidae. It is commonly known as Mexican barracuda but has many other common names such as Mexican barracuda in USA (contiguous states), Barracuda picúa in Mexico, Picuda in Ecuador, Bécune mexicaine in France, Picuda in Nicaragua, Barracuda in Nicaragua. more common names It is found in Salt water.   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   ensis AuthorWI   Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] AuthorNI   Jordan & Gilbert Qualification   --- Year   1882 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   ensis Original Combination   Sphyraena ensis Original Genus   Sphyraena Original Genus Species   Sphyraena ensis OriginalSubGenus   Sphyraena Original Author   Jordan & Gilbert Original AuthorWI   Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1882 Original Family   Sphyraenidae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   Mazatlán, Sinaloa, western Mexico. Types   Syntypes: USNM 28210, 28297, 28373, 29223, 29536, 29611. Primary Code   --- Journal   Bull. U. S. Fish Comm. Citation   v. 2 [1882] Page   106 SubSpecies AuthorWI --- Qualification SS --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI --- Current Genus Species Sphyraena ensis Current Species   ensis Current Genus Sphyraena Current AuthorWI Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] Current AuthorNI   Jordan & Gilbert Current Year   1882 Current Family Sphyraenidae Current Subfamily --- --- Habitat Marine.         Water Salt water Habitat Notes Found near the surface of coastal waters, down to over bottom of continental shelf (Ref. 11035). A fairly common species (Ref. 9345). Important foodfish (Ref. 9345). Marketed frozen in Mexico (Ref. 9345).     Current Summary   Valid as Sphyraena ensis  Jordan & Gilbert 1882. Sphyraenidae.   Name History   •Valid as Sphyraena ensis Jordan & Gilbert 1882 -- (Pequeño 1989:63 [ref. 14125], Allen & Robertson 1994:195 [ref. 22193], Sommer in Fischer et al. 1995:1620 [ref. 22830], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:193 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:460 [ref. 24550], Lea & Rosenblatt 2000:124 [ref. 25206], Shane 2001:160 [ref. 25756], Nelson et al. 2004:175 [ref. 27807], Béarez 2008:95 [ref. 30486], Page et al. 2013:180 [ref. 32708], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:150 [ref. 34871], Kells et al. 2016:310 [ref. 35888], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:92 [ref. 35859], González-Murcia et al. 2019:299 [ref. 36544], Ballen 2019:402 [ref. 37027]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 4 (84 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 acutipinnis Sphyraena acutipinnis Day [F.] 1876 Valid 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 arabiansis Sphyraena arabiansis Abdussamad [E. M.] & Retheesh [T. B.] 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 (Edwards [M.] in Catesby 1771) Valid barracuda Sphyraena barracuda (Walbaum [J. J.] 1792) Synonym 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 In family chinensis Sphyraena chinensis Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803 In family 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 (84 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]234 Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…