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Guinean Barracuda
Sphyraena afra
Sphyraena afra, commonly known as the Guinean barracuda, is a species of barracuda found off the western coast of Africa from Senegal to Namibia. They are not particularly common throughout their range. They are carnivorous, feeding on fish and shrimp. They are found on the continental shelf and are known to occur from lagoons and estuaries out to a depth of 75 m (246 ft).
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What it does
Although a common food fish, the Guinean barracuda is not the target of any large fishing industry itself. They are usually caught using low-tech fishing gear such as handlines or nets by artisanal fisheries, with Nigeria's fisheries catching the majority of these fish every year. A 2018 paper found that the numbers caught in Nigeria each year exceed sustainable levels, and that the fish is over-exploited, leading to population decline.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Interactions with humans”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 621064.