Australian barracuda
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| Australian barracuda | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Sphyraenidae |
| Genus: | Sphyraena |
| Species: | S. novaehollandiae |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphyraena novaehollandiae Günther, 1860 |
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The Australian barracuda, arrow barracuda, Australian sea pike, sea pike, snook, or shortfin barracuda, Sphyraena novaehollandiae, is a barracuda of the genus Sphyraena, found between North Cape and East Cape on the North Island of New Zealand, in semi-protected areas. Its length is up to 1 m.
[edit] References
- "Sphyraena novaehollandiae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=170441. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Sphyraena novaehollandiae" in FishBase. March 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
