Sharpchin barracudina

The sharpchin barracudina (Paralepis coregonoides) is a species of fish in the family Paralepididae (barracudinas).^[1][3][4][5]

Sharpchin barracudina
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Aulopiformes
Family:	Paralepididae
Genus:	Paralepis
Species:	P. coregonoides
Binomial name
Paralepis coregonoides (Risso, 1820)
Synonyms[2]
Paralepis barracudina Fowler & Phillips, 1910 Paralepis borealis Reinhardt, 1837 Paralepis coregonoides borealis Reinhardt, 1837 Paralepis coregonoides coregonoides Risso, 1820 Sudis coregonoides Risso, 1820

Description

Drawing of sharpchin barracudina (bottom)

The sharpchin barracudina has a body up to 30 cm (12 in) long, brownish in colour, lighter below. It has 67–73 vertebrae The dorsal fin is well behind the midpoint; the anal fin is far back, with 22–24 finrays.^[6][7]

Habitat

The sharpchin barracudina is bathypelagic and oceanodromous, living in the North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea at depths of 50–600 m (160–1,970 ft), occasionally below 1,000 m (3,300 ft).^[1][8][9]

Behaviour

The sharpchin barracudina feeds on fish and crustaceans. It spawns in March to September.^[10] It is eaten by tuna, cod, lancetfish, Atlantic salmon and seals.^[2]