Pickhandle barracuda

The Pickhandle Barracuda is known all over the world as the Sea Pike and the Slender Barracuda. This South African fish is a deadly predator. More

The pickhandle barracuda (Sphyraena jello) is so called because the dark marks along its side look like the thick ends of pickaxe handles. Sea anglers sometimes colloquially shorten the name to "pick". More

The pickhandle barracuda (Sphyraena jello) is another close relative of the great barracuda, and is distinguished by the presence on its body of dark marks resembling pickaxe handles. Unlike chevron barracuda, most of its caudal fin is slightly yellow. More

Pickhandle Barracuda (Sphyraena jello) down deep in Magic Passage: It’s worth clicking this one to enlarge it. The polyps of this Gonipora genus coral (I can’t identify the species. More

Pickhandle Barracuda - Sphyraena jello - Challenger Bay - Ribbon Reef # ID: 6953 Common Name: Pickhandle Barracuda Scientific Name: Sphyraena jello Kingdom: Animalia - Animals More

Pickhandle Barracuda (or Blackfin Barracuda, as you please). Local names are useless for identifying fish. The taxonomic name is Sphyraena qenie. More

Pickhandle Barracuda – Even in Richards Bay - Published by Editor at 9:44 am under Ocean Easy AdSense by Unreal http://www.divingthegoldcoast.com.au/images/a6953_lg.jpg What a beautiful example of this specimen and can be seen on this Site. More

The Pickhandle Barracuda, Sphyraena jello, is a long, slender schooling fish. It is silvery with variable darker bars on the body and a deeply forked, yellowish tail. Distribution = Indo-west Pacific Max size = 1. More

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Order : Perciformes
Family : Sphyraenidae
Genus : Sphyraena
Species : Sphyraena qenie
Authority : Cuvier, 1829