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title: "Striped Barracuda"
description: "Sphyraena obtusata — Ryby. The obtuse barracuda, Sphyraena obtusata, a barracuda of the family Sphyraenidae, is found in tropical oceans around the world."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/striped-barracuda
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Striped Barracuda

> Sphyraena obtusata — Ryby. The obtuse barracuda, Sphyraena obtusata, a barracuda of the family Sphyraenidae, is found in tropical oceans around the world.

- Scientific name: *Sphyraena obtusata*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 1349
- Wikidata: [Q28273](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28273)
- iNaturalist taxon: [47259](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47259)

## Names

- en: Striped Barracuda
- fr: Bécune obtuse

## Countries with the most observations

AU (578), NC (22), PH (22), ID (16), TH (15), MM (10), TW (9), EG (4), MY (4), FJ (3), IN (3)

## Summary

The obtuse barracuda, Sphyraena obtusata, a barracuda of the family Sphyraenidae, is found in tropical oceans around the world.  Its length is up to 55 cm.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/174519487

## Machine access

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