The pelican barracuda (''Sphyraena idiastes'') is a predatory fish found in temperate coastal and oceanic waters. They are usually seen in groups of 3-20, from the surface to about 24 m. Pelican barracuda feed mainly on fish . Large individuals may slash prey into pieces before swallowing them.
Distribution
From the tip of
Baja California and near
Guaymas, in the eastern
Gulf of California south to
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
to
Chile, as well as the
Galapagos Islands,
Cocos Island, and
Malpelo Island.
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Sphyraenidae
Fish described in 1903
Taxa named by Robert Evans Snodgrass
Taxa named by Edmund Heller