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Yellow-striped barracuda
Sphyraena stellata
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Yellow-striped barracuda
- Scientific
- Sphyraena stellata
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Maximum size
- Up to about 59 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Open water over reefs and the atoll shelf, recorded from 10 to 40 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A barracuda with yellow stripes, reaching about 59 cm, living in open water over reefs.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Sphyraena-stellata.html
- inaturalist.org /observations/200393192
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.