These are voracious predators have long fang-like teeth and often form large schools and are common across the bay.

At a glance

Habitat Inhabits near surface waters, and sometimes enters open bays and estuaries
Size Can grow to around 200cm
Origin Native
Distribution Southern Australia From WA to NSW including Tasmania. Elsewhere the species is circumglobal in the Southern Hemisphere.
Descriptions
Distribution
Southern Australia From WA to NSW including Tasmania. Elsewhere the species is circumglobal in the Southern Hemisphere.
Habitat
Inhabits near surface waters, and sometimes enters open bays and estuaries
Size
Can grow to around 200cm

Identification

A long slender strongly compressed fish with a steely-blue back becoming silvery below, a black blotch at the front of the dorsal fin, and a single lateral line that runs along the back below the dorsal-fin base before abruptly curving ventrally.
Common Name Barracouta
Aliases Couta, Manga, Pick-handle, Snoek,
Origin Native
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Distribution provided by The Atlas of Living Australia

Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
SuperclassGnathostomata
ClassActinopterygii
SubclassEuteleostei
SuperorderAcanthopterygii
OrderPerciformes
SuborderScombroidei
FamilyGempylidae
GenusThyrsites
SpeciesThyrsites atun
Synonyms

Synonyms

There are no known synonyms for this species
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