First Record of the Great Barracuda, Sphyraena barracuda from Canada

Authors

  • Darlene Balkwill Canadian Museum of Nature, P. O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4
  • Brian W. Coad Canadian Museum of Nature, P. O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4
  • Ismael Galvez 1219 Cromwell Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4L1
  • John Gilhen Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History, 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3A6

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v120i2.298

Keywords:

Great Barracuda, Sphyraena barracuda, new record, fish fauna, Nova Scotia, Canada

Abstract

We report the collection, and provide a description, of the first Great Barracuda, Sphyraena barracuda, in Canadian waters based on a partial skeleton from Country Island, Nova Scotia.

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