#2222 · 🐟 fish
Yellowmouth Barracuda
🇳🇱 Europese barracuda ·Sphyraena viridensis
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what is it?
Sphyraena viridensis , the yellowmouth barracuda or yellow barracuda is a predatory ray finned fish from the family Sphyraenidae, the barracudas, which is found in the warmer waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It is often confused with the European barracuda Sphyraena sphyraena .
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.
- 2,163 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Georges Cuvier in 1829 (197 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Yellowmouth Barracuda
- Nederlands
- Europese barracuda
- scientific name
- Sphyraena viridensis
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Carangiformes
- family
- Sphyraenidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 1,153
- sightings worldwide
- 2,163
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1829 by Georges Cuvier
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Sphyraenidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 47260, Wikidata Q2697585, GBIF 2394222, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.