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title: "Grote barracuda"
description: "Sphyraena barracuda — Vissen. Sphyraena barracuda, commonly known as the great barracuda, is a species of barracuda, a genus of 27 species of large ray-finned fish found in subtropical oceans worldwide."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/great-barracuda
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Grote barracuda

> Sphyraena barracuda — Vissen. Sphyraena barracuda, commonly known as the great barracuda, is a species of barracuda, a genus of 27 species of large ray-finned fish found in subtropical oceans worldwide.

- Scientific name: *Sphyraena barracuda*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 9016
- Wikidata: [Q2306485](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2306485)
- iNaturalist taxon: [47251](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47251)

## Names

- en: Great Barracuda
- de: Großer Barrakuda
- es: Barracuda gigante
- fr: Grand Barracuda
- nl: Grote barracuda
- pt: Barracuda-gigante
- pl: Barrakuda wielka

## Countries with the most observations

US (2846), MX (840), BZ (342), BS (341), HN (213), KY (212), VI (168), ID (156), EG (149), AU (139), CW (120), PA (115)

## Summary

Sphyraena barracuda, commonly known as the great barracuda, is a species of barracuda, a genus of 27 species of large ray-finned fish found in subtropical oceans worldwide.

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

## Photo

![Grote barracuda](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/great-barracuda/medium.jpg)

Photo: TheMongrelKoi · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/45623914

## Machine access

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