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title: "Yellowmouth Barracuda"
description: "Sphyraena viridensis — Fish. Sphyraena viridensis, the yellowmouth barracuda or yellow barracuda, is a predatory ray-finned fish from the family Sphyraenidae, the barracudas."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/yellowmouth-barracuda
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yellowmouth Barracuda

> Sphyraena viridensis — Fish. Sphyraena viridensis, the yellowmouth barracuda or yellow barracuda, is a predatory ray-finned fish from the family Sphyraenidae, the barracudas.

- Scientific name: *Sphyraena viridensis*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 2096
- Wikidata: [Q2697585](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2697585)
- iNaturalist taxon: [47260](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47260)

## Names

- en: Yellowmouth Barracuda
- de: Gebänderter Barrakuda
- es: Bicuda
- fr: Bécune à bouche jaune
- pl: Barrakuda atlantycka

## Countries with the most observations

ES (1087), FR (317), IT (186), GR (109), PT (84), TR (11), AL (7), DZ (7), HR (7), CV (6), MC (6), MT (6)

## Summary

Sphyraena viridensis, the yellowmouth barracuda or yellow barracuda, is a predatory ray-finned fish from the family Sphyraenidae, the barracudas. It is found in the warmer waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean. It is often confused with the European barracuda.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphyraena_viridensis

## Photo

![Yellowmouth Barracuda](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellowmouth-barracuda/medium.jpg)

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/163888689

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yellowmouth-barracuda?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).