Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii - Sphyraenidae
Alternative combination: Esox barracuda
Belongs to Sphyraena according to M. T. Antunes 1978
See also 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 gracile, Sphyraena hansfuchsi, Sphyraena intermedia, Sphyraena kugleri, Sphyraena longimana, Sphyraena lugardi, Sphyraena major, Sphyraena malembeensis, Sphyraena muelleri, Sphyraena novaehollandiae, Sphyraena olisiponensis, Sphyraena pannonica, Sphyraena senni, Sphyraena sternbergensis, Sphyraena striata, Sphyraena substriata, Sphyraena suessi, Sphyraena tyrolensis, Sphyraena viannai, Sphyraena viennensis, Sphyraena weberi, Sphyraena winkleri
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Turks and Caicos Islands (1 collection), United States (2: Florida)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of United States (2: Florida, North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Angola (1)
• Miocene of Angola (2), Costa Rica (1), Mexico (1), Panama (1), United States (5: North Carolina, Virginia)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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