Sphyraenidae

Wirtz, Peter, Fricke, Ronald & Biscoito, Manuel José, 2008, The coastal fishes of Madeira Island — new records and an annotated check-list, Zootaxa 1715, pp. 1-26 : 16

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.274128
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6230129
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scientific name	Sphyraenidae
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The European barracuda Sphyraena sphyraena (Linnaeus, 1758) was recorded from Madeira by Ben- Tuvia in Whitehead et al. (1986: 1195) and Sylva in Quéro et al. (1990: 863-864), also for instance by Edwards (1993). According to Wirtz (1998), these records are likely to be confusions with the common Sphyraena viridensis .

Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards in Catesby, 1771)—Great barracuda

Recorded from Madeira by Wirtz (1998).

* Sphyraena viridensis Cuvier, 1829 —Yellowmouth barracuda

Recorded from Madeira by Wirtz (1994: 53); the photo published in this book is, however from the Azores.

References

Edwards, A. J. (1993) A small collection of fishes from Madeira Island deposited in the Hancock Museum. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumbria, 56, 35 - 40.

Quero, J. C., Hureau, J. C., Karrer, C., Post, A. & Saldanha, L. (1990) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic. 3 volumes. Lisbon.

Wirtz, P. (1994) Unterwasserfuhrer Madeira, Kanaren, Azoren: Fische - Underwater Guide Madeira, Canary Islands, Azores: Fish. Naglschmid Verlag, Stuttgart.

Wirtz, P. (1998) Twelve invertebrates and eight fishes new for the marine fauna of Madeira and a discussion of the zoogeography of the area. Helgolander Meeresuntersuchungen, 52, 197 - 207.