Sphyraena forsteri


Bigeye barracuda YBS
Characteristic features:
  1. No gill rakers on first gill arch but with rough platelets bearing small spines
  2. Eye large
  3. Dark blotch behind axil of pectoral fin
  4. No obvious bars or stripes on sides
  5. 112–123 lateral-line scales
Colour:

Grey to silver no obvious bars or stripes on sides, dark blotch behind axil of pectoral fin.

Size:

Up to 65 cm TL.

Distribution:

Indo–West & Central Pacific in tropical waters.

Habitat:

Inshore pelagic near reefs, from 6 to 300 m depth.

Indonesian fisheries:

Caught with handlines.

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