| Sharpchin barracudina | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Family: | Paralepididae |
| Genus: | Paralepis |
| Species: | P. coregonoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Paralepis coregonoides (Risso, 1820) | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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The sharpchin barracudina (Paralepis coregonoides) is a species of fish in the family Paralepididae (barracudinas). [1] [3] [4] [5]
The sharpchin barracudina has a body up to 30 cm (12 in) long, brownish in colour, lighter below. It has 67–73 vertebrae The dorsal fin is well behind the midpoint; the anal fin is far back, with 22–24 finrays. [6] [7]
The sharpchin barracudina is bathypelagic and oceanodromous, living in the North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea at depths of 50–600 m (160–1,970 ft), occasionally below 1,000 m (3,300 ft). [1] [8] [9]
The sharpchin barracudina feeds on fish and crustaceans. It spawns in March to September. [10] It is eaten by tuna, cod, lancetfish, Atlantic salmon and seals. [2]
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