Author: Klunzinger, 1884

Sphyraena chrysotaenia Klunzinger, 1884

Diagnosis: body oblong, jaws elongate, lower jaw projecting; strong canine-like teeth; 2 long gillrakers, one of them in angle of upper and lower arch. Preoperculum fully scaled, lower posterior edge concave. Pelvic fins inserted in front of first dorsal fin; pectoral fins above pelvic fins, their tips extending beyond origin of first dorsal fin. Lateral line with 82-86 scales, 9-10 scales above lateral line, 15-16 before first dorsal fin origin. Colour: brown-grey above, silvery below; tips of first dorsal and caudal fins blackish, second dorsal, pectoral and caudal fins yellowish. Size: to 32 cm SL, usually 20-25 cm.

Habitat: water column, both pelagic and demersal zones in inshore waters. Food: fish, mostly Sardinella aurita and Engraulis encrasicolus. Reproduction: no data. Commercial importance: caught in considerable quantities in inshore waters by purse-seine, gillnet and trawl.

Distribution: eastern Mediterranean (Israel, Lebanon and Egypt). Elsewhere, in Indo-Pacific, from Red Sea, Persian Gulf and East Africa throughout Indian Ocean to Australia and Japan.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. No data.
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Perciformes
Suborder Mugiloidei
Family Sphyraenidae
Genus Sphyraena
Species Sphyraena chrysotaenia

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Sphyraena chrysotaenia Klunzinger, 1884

Scientific synonyms and common names

Sphyraena chrysotaenia Klunzinger, 1884

Synonyms:

Sphyraena chrysotaenia Klunzinger, 1884, Fische des Rothen Meeres: 128, pl. 9 (fig. 3) ('Koseir, Red Sea'). Four syntypes: Stuttgart Nat. Mus. no. 2073 (2 syntypes without number); and 2 syntypes: ZMHU no. 10577, 10578.
Sphyraena obtusata (nec Cuvier, 1829): Ben-Tuvia, 1953: 15, fig. 8. Sphyraena chrysotaenia: Ben-Tuvia, 1966: 262.


Common names:

bécune obtuse [Fr]
obtuse barracuda [En]

*Ben-Tuvia, A. 1953a. Mediterranean fishes of Israel. Bull. Sea Fish. Res. Stn. Israel (8): 1-40 pp., 20 fig.

Ben-Tuvia, A. 1966. Red Sea fishes recently found in the Mediterranean. Copeia, (2): pp. 254-275, 2 fig.

Klunzinger, C. B. 1884. Die Fische des Rothen Meeres. Eine kritische Revision mit BestimmungsTabellen. I. Acanthopteri veri. Stuttgart: 133 p., fig., 13 pl.

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