The sharpchin barracudina (''Paralepis coregonoides'') is a species of fish in the family

Paralepididae Barracudinas are any member of the marine mesopelagic fish family Paralepididae: 50 or so extant species are found almost worldwide in deep waters. Several genera are known only from fossils dating back to the Ypresian epoch. The generic name ...

(barracudinas).

Description

The sharpchin barracudina has a body up to long, brownish in colour, lighter below. It has 67–73 vertebrae The dorsal fin is well behind the midpoint; the

anal fin Fins are distinctive anatomical features composed of bony spines or rays protruding from the body of a fish. They are covered with skin and joined together either in a webbed fashion, as seen in most bony fish, or similar to a flipper, as se ...

is far back, with 22–24

finray Fins are distinctive anatomical features composed of bony spines or rays protruding from the body of a fish. They are covered with skin and joined together either in a webbed fashion, as seen in most bony fish, or similar to a flipper, as s ...

Habitat

The sharpchin barracudina is

bathypelagic The bathypelagic zone or bathyal zone (from Greek βαθύς (bathýs), deep) is the part of the open ocean that extends from a depth of below the ocean surface. It lies between the mesopelagic above, and the abyssopelagic below. The bathypelagic ...

and oceanodromous, living in the North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea at depths of , occasionally below .

Behaviour

The sharpchin barracudina feeds on fish and crustaceans. It spawns in March to September. It is eaten by tuna, cod, lancetfish,

Atlantic salmon The Atlantic salmon (''Salmo salar'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. It is the third largest of the Salmonidae, behind Siberian taimen and Pacific Chinook salmon, growing up to a meter in length. Atlantic salmon are ...

and

seals Seals may refer to: * Pinniped, a diverse group of semi-aquatic marine mammals, many of which are commonly called seals, particularly: ** Earless seal, or "true seal" ** Fur seal * Seal (emblem), a device to impress an emblem, used as a means of a ...

References

Paralepididae Fish of the Atlantic Ocean Fish of the Mediterranean Sea Fish described in 1820 Taxa named by Antoine Risso {{aulopiformes-stub