Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Sphyraena argentea

Pacific barracuda (California barracuda)

WoRMS 273978ITIS 170426GBIF 2394265key worms:273978

2026-08-05: itis_id 170426 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Erika Schumacher · CC BY-NC 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Sphyraena

Pacific barracuda1.4 m

a person1.7 m

max · worms_attribute

USA, Point Loma kelp beds, San Diego, CA, by Darren Baker — Photo · Darren Baker · CC BY 3.0 · commons

Sphyraena argentea is a predatory species of marine barracuda fish of the family Sphyraenidae. They are found in the northeast Pacific Ocean, from Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur north to Washington State.W CalCOFI holds 564 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1951 and 2019, as larva and egg.R

564
observations: 564
records: 564
sampling events: 1951–2019
years: 1
datasets: larva · egg
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

Ichthyoplankton 564 obs · 564 events · 1951–2019 · larva · egg
name used: Sphyraena argentea Pacific barracuda (California barracuda) · code 486

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorer db-query

ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon

https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:273978%22

Sphyraena argentea

How big is itiEvery mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways iniRead from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

How big is it
i
Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.