Actinopteri - Acanthopteri - Sphyraenidae
Alternative combination: Esox barracuda
Belongs to Sphyraena according to R. W. Purdy et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Sphyraena amici, Sphyraena argentea, Sphyraena bognorensis, Sphyraena bolcensis, Sphyraena crassidens, Sphyraena croatica, Sphyraena cunhai, Sphyraena egleri, Sphyraena fajumensis, Sphyraena hansfuchsi, Sphyraena intermedia, Sphyraena kugleri, Sphyraena longimana, Sphyraena lugardi, Sphyraena major, Sphyraena malembeensis, Sphyraena muelleri, Sphyraena novaehollandiae, Sphyraena pannonica, Sphyraena senni, Sphyraena sternbergensis, Sphyraena striata, Sphyraena substriata, Sphyraena suessi, Sphyraena tyrolensis, Sphyraena viannai, Sphyraena viennensis, Sphyraena weberi, Sphyraena winkleri
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Turks and Caicos Islands (1 collection), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Angola (1), United States (2: Florida, North Carolina)
• Miocene of Costa Rica (1), Mexico (1), Panama (1), United States (5: North Carolina, Virginia)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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