Barracudina

The Barracudina lives in the bathypelagic, marine, depth range 500 - 600 m environment.

The Ribbon Barracudina has a long, slender body. It has large eyes and sharp pointed teeth. The short-based dorsal fin contains nine or ten rays. More

Barracudinas are about 50 species of marine fishes of the family Paralepididae, found almost worldwide in deep waters. They are elongated, slender fish with large eyes, and a pointed snout containing fang-like teeth. More

NAME - barracudina, white OTHER COMMON NAMES - Sandeel and Fr: Lussion blanc ELEMENT CODE - CATEGORY - Fish PHYLUM AND SUBPHYLUM - , CLASS AND SUBCLASS - Osteichthyes, ORDER AND SUBORDER - Myctophiformes, FAMILY AND SUBFAMILY - Paralepididae, GENUS AND SUBGENUS - Notolepis, More

The Barracudina are any of about 50 species of marine fishes of the family Paralepididae, found almost worldwide in deep waters. More

Dorsal fin placement of a species of barracudina ( Lestrolepis intermedia ) Gulf of Mexico 3151 thumbnail picture A species of barracudina characterized by a prominent black spot anterior to eye ( More

Common names

Barracudina in English
四斑鴨嘴蜥魚 in Mandarin Chinese
四斑鸭嘴蜥鱼 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Aulopiformes
Family : Paralepididae
Genus : Uncisudis
Species : Uncisudis quadrimaculata
Authority : Post, 1969