Fish Identification

Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Aulopiformes
Family: Paralepididae Barracudinas

Genus: Stemonosudis

(See list of species below)



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15 species
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Stemonosudis adenensis Brown slender barracudina Western Indian Ocean 18.6 SL 2025
Stemonosudis bullisi Western Central Atlantic 6.2 SL 1963
Stemonosudis distans Western Central Pacific 2.3 SL 1957
Stemonosudis elegans Tailspot barracudina Indo-Pacific 5.5 TL 1933
Stemonosudis elongata Indo-Pacific 11.7 SL 1933
Stemonosudis gracilis Atlantic, Indian, and Wes 9.9 SL 1933
Stemonosudis intermedia Atlantic Ocean 15.2 SL 1933
Stemonosudis macrura Indo-Pacific. Eastern Pa 15 TL 1933
Stemonosudis miscella Indo-West Pacific 5.5 SL 1933
Stemonosudis molesta Southwest Pacific 14.6 SL 1955
Stemonosudis multifasciata Multi-blotch barracudina Indo-Pacific Ocean 28.3 SL 2019
Stemonosudis retrodorsalis Back-fin barracudina Indo-West Pacific 16.1 SL 2019
Stemonosudis rothschildi Rothschild's barracudina Circumtropical 23 SL 1967
Stemonosudis siliquiventer Atlantic Ocean 16.0 SL 1970
Stemonosudis similis Indonesian slender barracudina Eastern Indian Ocean 3.8 SL 1957



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cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013