Barracuda

Kingdom-Animalia

• breathes air

• eats food

• drinks water

• needs living space

Phylum-Chordata

• Had a notochord at least during one part of its life

Class-Actinopterygii

• Bony fish

• Osteichthyes

• Spiny rayed fish

Order-Percifomes

Family-Sphyraenidae

Genius-Sphyraena Argenteo

Species-Sphyraena Barracuda

The barracuda is a predatory fish and is found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans.  They are long silvery fish with many long sharp teeth.  They eat small baitfish such as anchovies.  They thrive in the wild because nothing feeds on them except for humans.  They are famous for sport-fishers because they put up a good fight for their size.

http://outdoorsports.yahoo.com/fishandgame?page=fishfinder&fish=barracuda Field and Stream Outdoor Life  1/17/01

The barracuda is a fish,

it is quite tasty on a dish.

They have lots of scales and many a bone,

the larger males are normally alone.

But don't get too near, please I beg,

if you get too close they might bite your leg.