great barracuda

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great barracuda - large (up to 6 ft) greyish-brown barracuda highly regarded as a food and sport fish; may be dangerous to swimmers

Sphyraena barracuda

barracuda - any voracious marine fish of the genus Sphyraena having an elongated cylindrical body and large mouth with projecting lower jaw and long strong teeth

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Great barracuda, familiar to anglers throughout coastal Florida, are built for vicious, lightning-fast attacks.

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Ram feeding involves the predator overtaking its prey by swimming faster than the prey can escape, and is usually associated with fish that have fast jaws and sharp teeth, such as the great barracuda Sphyraena barracuda (Habegger, Motta, Huber, & Deban, 2011).

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Incidental captures from longline sites included 1 misty grouper, Epinephelus mystacinus; 1 silk snapper, Lutjanus vivanus; and 1 great barracuda, Sphyraena barracuda.