SPHYRAENIDAE

Psomadakis, Peter Nick, Giustino, Stefano & Vacchi, Marino, 2012, Mediterranean fish biodiversity: an updated inventory with focus on the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian seas, Zootaxa 3263, pp. 1-46 : 18

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.280724
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5687412
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038B87C7-7F1E-AB30-15E9-3134FE29FE01
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	SPHYRAENIDAE
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SPHYRAENIDAE View in CoL View at ENA

Sphyraena intermedia Pastore, 2009 View in CoL , was reported firstly in the Gulf of Taranto, central Mediterranean by Pastore (2009) as a potential new species. However, differences with the other two native species S. sphyraena View in CoL and S. viridensis View in CoL based on anatomical and biometric characteristics do not seem sufficient to warrant specific separation and a genetic study is needed to reaffirm the validity of S. intermedia View in CoL and redefine the number of native barracudas occurring in the Mediterranean.