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

Sphyraenidae

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.