Photo: Alexander Vasenin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Description
- 📏 up to 1.2 m
- 🌊 passes, drop-offs; large schools
The blackfin barracuda forms large, swirling, tightly packed schools in passes and on drop-offs. Its back is silvery and its flanks carry dark chevron-shaped bars. It is much less feared than the great barracuda but still has a well-armed jaw.
Did you know?
Schools of barracuda swirling like a tornado are a classic of diving in the passes of Rangiroa or Fakarava.
Source: Dive observation
Tahitian names: TAXREF (INPN/MNHN) – Society Islands. French name: Bécune à bandes.
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