#2268 · 🐟 fish
Great Barracuda
🇳🇱 Grote Barracuda ·Sphyraena barracuda
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Zane Libke · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © François Libert · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Wayne and Pam Osborn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Daniel Moth · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © max_forster · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Kevin Bryant · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 7. © Kevin Bryant · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 8. © Vince Golder · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Quinn · CC BY 4.0
- 10. © carriebowbiodiversity · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The great barracuda ( Sphyraena barracuda ) also known as the giant barracuda , is a common species of barracuda found in subtropical oceans around the world. It is a type of ray-finned fish.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 9,216 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs up to about 50 kg.
- Up to 2 m long: 1.1× a tall person.
fact sheet
- English
- Great Barracuda
- Nederlands
- Grote Barracuda
- scientific name
- Sphyraena barracuda
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Carangiformes
- family
- Sphyraenidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 9,216
- GBIF records in NL
- 6
- weight
- 50 kg
- length
- 2 m
- lifespan
- —
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Sphyraenidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 47251, Wikidata Q2306485, GBIF 9784990, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.