Barracudina

Barracudinas
	Lestidium atlanticum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Aulopiformes
Family:	Paralepididae
Genera
	Arctozenus; Dolichosudis; Lestidiops; Lestidium; Lestrolepis; Macroparalepis; Magnisudis; Notolepis; Paralepis; Stemonosudis; Sudis; Uncisudis

Barracudinas are about 50 species of marine fishes of the family Paralepididae, found almost worldwide in deep waters.

They are elongated, slender fish with large eyes, and a pointed snout containing fang-like teeth. This gives them some superficial resemblance to barracudas (family Sphyraenidae), although the two groups are not closely related, and the barracudinas lack a swim bladder. The largest species grow up to 100 cm (3.3 ft) in length.^[1]

References

^ Johnson, R.K. & Eschmeyer, W.N. (1998). Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 126. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

"Paralepididae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 16 March 2006.
Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). "Paralepididae" in FishBase. April 2012 version.

[EoF-1] Johnson, R.K. & Eschmeyer, W.N. (1998). Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 126. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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