Great barracuda: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the great barracuda lives – recorded in 31 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Sphyraena barracuda
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	31 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Mass	44 kg (maximum)
Length	1.7 m (maximum)
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Carangiformes
Family	Sphyraenidae

Where does the great barracuda live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the great barracuda in 31 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Saint-Martin, Brazil, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, Réunion, Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean, Saint Barthélemy, French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna, French Guiana, The Bahamas.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a great barracuda?

Wikidata records the following for the great barracuda: mass 44 kg (maximum); length 1.7 m (maximum).

Is the great barracuda endangered?

The great barracuda’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the great barracuda?

The great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) is a ray-finned fish in the order Carangiformes and the family Sphyraenidae, genus Sphyraena. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the great barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda, commonly known as the great barracuda, is a species of barracuda, a genus of 27 species of large ray-finned fish found in subtropical oceans worldwide.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Great barracuda (revision 1374591270), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q2306485 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).