Pickhandle barracuda

Pickhandle barracuda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Istiophoriformes
Family:	Sphyraenidae
Genus:	Sphyraena
Species:	S. jello
Binomial name
	Sphyraena jello; Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1829

The pickhandle barracuda (Sphyraena jello) is so called because the dark marks along its sides look like the thick ends of pickaxe handles. These dark markings fade under preservation.

Sea anglers sometimes colloquially shorten the name to "pick".

The pickhandle barracuda's spawning takes place in the Iranian Bushehr coastal water.

A 2006–2007 investigation on the biological habitat and characteristics of Sphyraena jello found that the species' feeding takes place after releasing its gonads to spawn. This release creates space for the stomach to magnify its capacity for appropriate feeding (Halpern, 2004). This takes place in October and November.

References[]

"Sphyraena jello". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2005). "Sphyraena jello" in FishBase. November 2005 version.
Halpern, B.S., 2004. Are mangroves a limiting resource for two coral reef fishes?. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 272: 93–98.
S.A. Hosseini, S. Jamili, T. Valinassab, G. Vosoghi and S.M.R. Fatemi, 2009. Feeding and Spawning of Sphyraena jello in the North-West of Persian Gulf. Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science, 4: 57–62.

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