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Great barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

Where to fish

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Local names

A name can refer to different fish in different places.

NameRegionSource
Akerstrom's sea-pikeAustraliaReference
Amerikanischer PfeilhechtGermany · GermanReference
BacudaBrazil · PortugueseReference
BarraJamaicaReference
BarracoudaMauritius · FrenchReference
BarracoudaNew Caledonia · FrenchReference
BarracoutaTrinidad Tobago · FrenchReference
BarracudaAustraliaReference
BarracudaBarbadosReference
BarracudaBrazil · PortugueseReference
BarracudaColombia · SpanishReference
BarracudaDominican Rep. · SpanishReference
BarracudaFr. Polynesia · FrenchReference
BarracudaDjibouti · FrenchReference
BarracudaGuadeloupeReference
BarracudaGuyanaReference
BarracudaJamaicaReference
BarracudaMartiniqueReference
BarracudaMauritiusReference
BarracudaMexico · SpanishReference
BarracudaNeth AntillesReference
BarracudaNigeriaReference
BarracudaNiueReference
BarracudaPapua New Guin.Reference
BarracudaTimor-LesteReference
BarracudaSpain · SpanishReference
BarracudaTrinidad TobagoReference
BarracudaVenezuela · SpanishReference
BarracudaGlobal · FrenchReference
Barracuda bicudaMozambique · PortugueseReference
BéchineTrinidad Tobago · FrenchReference
BecunaCuba · SpanishReference
BècuneFrance · FrenchReference
BicudaBrazil · PortugueseReference
Bicuda-cachorraBrazil · PortugueseReference
Bicuda-de-corsoBrazil · PortugueseReference
Bicuda-gigantePortugal · PortugueseReference
BrisureFrance · FrenchReference
Brochet de merNew Caledonia · FrenchReference
CaramaBrazil · PortugueseReference
CaranaBrazil · PortugueseReference
CoramaBrazil · PortugueseReference
Commerson's sea pikeUK Gr. BritainReference
Dingo-fishAustraliaReference
GavianaBrazil · PortugueseReference
Giant barracudaAustraliaReference
Giant sea-pikeAustraliaReference
GoiranaBrazil · PortugueseReference
Grande béchineTrinidad Tobago · FrenchReference
Great barra cudaViet NamReference
Great barracudaAustraliaReference
Great barracudaBahamasReference
Great barracudaBelizeReference
Great barracudaSolomon Is.Reference
Great barracudaChristmas I.Reference
Great barracudaCubaReference
Great barracudaFijiReference
Great barracudaFr. PolynesiaReference
Great barracudaTromelin I.Reference
Great barracudaDjiboutiReference
Great barracudaGuadeloupeReference
Great barracudaHaitiReference
Great barracudaIndiaReference
Great barracudaIndonesiaReference
Great barracudaMalaysiaReference
Great barracudaNeth AntillesReference
Great barracudaBon. Eust. SabaReference
Great barracudaNiueReference
Great barracudaNorth. MarianasReference
Great barracudaMicronesiaReference
Great barracudaPalauReference
Great barracudaPapua New Guin.Reference
Great barracudaPhilippinesReference
Great barracudaPuerto RicoReference
Great barracudaSouth AfricaReference
Great barracudaTongaReference
Great barracudaUnited StatesReference
Great barracudaHawaiiReference
Great barracudaWallis FutunaReference
Great barracudaGlobalReference
Groot barrakudaSouth Africa · AfrikaansReference
Großer BarrakudaGermany · GermanReference
GuaranaBrazil · PortugueseReference
KakuHawaii · HawaiianReference
KupalaHawaii · HawaiianReference
Oni-kamasuJapan · JapaneseReference
PescadaBrazil · PortugueseReference
Picúa zorraSpain · SpanishReference
PicudaCuba · SpanishReference
PicudaSpain · SpanishReference
PicudaUnited States · SpanishReference
PicuaPuerto Rico · SpanishReference
PicuaSpain · SpanishReference
PicúaCuba · SpanishReference
PicúaDominican Rep. · SpanishReference
Picua bravaPuerto Rico · SpanishReference
Picúa CorsariaGermany · GermanReference
Picuda barracudaNicaragua · SpanishReference
Picuda barracudaSpain · SpanishReference
Picuda bravaPuerto Rico · SpanishReference
Picús corsariaVenezuela · SpanishReference
PicúuaColombia · SpanishReference
Picúua bravaColombia · SpanishReference
Short barracudaCubaReference
Small-eyed barracudaAustraliaReference
Striped seapikeAustraliaReference

Seasons

A species-wide fishing season is not verified. Use the destination guide and local agency for the water and dates you choose.

Regulations and identification

Source records

Country occurrence records

American Samoa · Andaman Is. · Anguilla · Antigua Barbuda · Aruba · Ascension I. · Australia · Azores Is. · Bahamas · Bahrain · Barbados · Bassas da India · Belize · Bermuda · Bon. Eust. Saba · Bonin Is. · Brazil · Cambodia · Cape Verde · Cayman Is. · Chagos Is. · China · Christmas I. · Cocos/Keel. Is. · Colombia · Cook Is. · Costa Rica · Cuba · Curacao · Djibouti · Dominica · Dominican Rep. · Egypt · Fiji · Fr. Polynesia · French Guiana · Gabon · Galapagos Is. · Grenada · Guadeloupe · Guam · Guatemala · Guyana · Haiti · Hawaii · Honduras · Hong Kong · India · Indonesia · Jamaica · Japan · Jordan · Kenya · Kuwait · Lord Howe I. · Madagascar · Madeira Is. · Malaysia · Maldives · Marquesas Is. · Marshall Is. · Martinique · Mauritania · Mauritius · Mexico · Micronesia · Montserrat · Mozambique · Myanmar · New Caledonia · Nicaragua · Niue · North. Marianas · Oman · Pakistan · Palau · Panama · Papua New Guin. · Philippines · Puerto Rico · Qatar · Reunion [La] · Samoa · Sao Tome Princ. · Saudi Arabia · Seychelles · Socotra Arch. · Somalia · South Africa · St Kitts Nevis · St Lucia · St Paul's Rocks · St Vincent Gren · Suriname · Taiwan/ChTaipei · Tanzania · Thailand · Timor-Leste · Tonga · Trind M Vaz Is. · Trinidad Tobago · Tromelin I. · Tuamotu Is. · Turks Caicos Is · Tuvalu · Un. Arab Emir. · United States · Vanuatu · Venezuela · Viet Nam · Virgin Is. (GB) · Virgin Is. (US) · Wake I. · Wallis Futuna · Yemen

A country record does not establish local abundance, fishing access or a legal target.