Sphyraena

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Common pursuit predators include jacks (Family Carangidae), Great Barracudas (Sphyraena barracuda), and Yellowtail Snappers (Ocyurus chrysurus).

Coral reef fish feeding behavior in the Caribbean 2008
There are also barracuda Sphyraena idiastes, eagle and manta rays Aetobatus narinari (EN) and Manta birostris, with great numbers of striped bonito Sarda orientalis, snappers Lutjanus sp. and travelly Caranx spp.

Malpelo Island Flora and Fauna Sanctuary, Colombia 2008
Important fish species found in Bahamian mangroves are snappers (Lutjanus spp.), grunts (Haemulon spp), parrotfishes (Scarus spp and Sparisoma), and mojarra (Gerres spp. and Eucinostomus spp), Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus), bonefish (Albula vulpes), tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) and barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) a very important economically as a sport fishery.

Bahamian mangroves 2008