ADW: Sphyraena: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii
        
        Order Perciformes
        
        Family Sphyraenidae (Barracudas)
        
        Genus Sphyraena
        
        Species Sphyraena acutipinnis (Cheekflap barracuda)
        
        Species Sphyraena afra (Guinean barracuda)
        
        Species Sphyraena argentea (Barracuda)
        
        Species Sphyraena barracuda (Barra)
        
        Species Sphyraena borealis (Barracuda)
        
        Species Sphyraena chrysotaenia (Yellowstripe barracuda)
        
        Species Sphyraena ensis (Barracuda)
        
        Species Sphyraena flavicauda (Short-jawed sea-pike)
        
        Species Sphyraena forsteri (Bigeye barracuda)
        
        Species Sphyraena guachancho (Barracuda)
        
        Species Sphyraena helleri (Heller's barracuda)
        
        Species Sphyraena iburiensis
        
        Species Sphyraena idiastes (Barracuda)
        
        Species Sphyraena japonica (Japanese barracuda)
        
        Species Sphyraena jello (Banded Barracuda)
        
        Species Sphyraena lucasana (Cortez barracuda)
        
        Species Sphyraena novaehollandiae (Arrow barracuda)
        
        Species Sphyraena obtusata (Blunt barracuda)
        
        Species Sphyraena picudilla (Barracuda)
        
        Species Sphyraena pinguis (Brown barracuda)
        
        Species Sphyraena putnamae (Chevron barracuda)
        
        Species Sphyraena qenie (Blackfin barracuda)
        
        Species Sphyraena sphyraena (Barracuda)
        
        Species Sphyraena tome
        
        Species Sphyraena viridensis (Yellow barracuda)
        
        Species Sphyraena waitii

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To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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