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Great Barracuda
Torpedo-shaped reef ambush predator
Family Sphyraenidae
Sphyraenidae is a taxonomic family in the order Istiophoriformes, class Actinopterygii. Global Animal Guide profiles one of its members: Great Barracuda.
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