Photo: Jerome Huet (IFREMER, Délégation océan Indien (DOI), Département Ressources Biologiques et Environnement (RBE), F-97420 Le Port, France) · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Description
- 📏 up to 1 m
- 🌊 lagoons, passes, outer slopes
The bigeye barracuda is recognisable by its large eyes and widely separated dorsal fins. It forms tight schools in open water during the day and hunts at night.
Did you know?
These torpedo-shaped schools of silvery fish often intrigue swimmers: they are dangerous only to small fish.
Source: Dive observation
Tahitian names: generic name for barracudas. French name: Grande bécune.
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