Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Carangaria incertae sedis > Family Sphyraenidae > Genus Sphyraena

Sphyraena pinguis Günther, 1874

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sphyraena*	Artedi, 1793	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: アカカマス sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Russian: Красная барракуда sources: A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine

Ukrainian: Баракуда червона

Literature

original description	Günther, A. (1874). Third notice of a collection of fishes made by Mr. Swinhoe in China. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4). v. 13 (no. 74) (art. 23): 154-159.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Sphyraena pinguis, Japan, by Suzuki, T.)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Sphyraena pinguis Günther, 1874. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273985