pickhandle barracuda (Sphyraena jello)

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Subject:	pickhandle barracuda (Sphyraena jello)
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pickhandle barracuda (Sphyraena jello)

Jello-Barrakuda (Sphyraena jello)
Author: Tom Puchner https://www.flickr.com/photos/tom_puchner/
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tom_puchner/3297989098/

The pickhandle barracuda (Sphyraena jello) is so called because the dark marks along its sides look like the thick ends of pickaxe handles. These dark markings fade with the preservation.
Order: Perciformes
Family: Sphyraenidae
Genus: Sphyraena
Species: Sphyraena jello Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1829

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Scientific Name: Sphyraena jello Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1829 Common Names: Indo-Malaysian Barracuda, Pickhandle Barracuda Synonyms: Sphyraena japonica (non Cuvier, 1829) Sphyraena jelio Cuvier, 1829 Sphyraena permisca Smith, 1956 Sphyraena qenie (non Klunzinger, 1870) (ambiguous synonym)

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