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From the album: Gainesville Florida Microscopic Miocene
Tis is the more common form of Barracuda teeth, symmetrical, pointed, with both sharp edges bearing enamel. -
From the album: Gainesville Florida Microscopic Miocene
These slightly sigmoidal teeth are the less common form of Barracuda teeth. -
From the album: Vertebrates
Argentina sphyraena Linnaeus, 1758 "lesser argentine" Late Paleocene to Early Eocene Fur Denmark Length 6cm -
Recent Sphyraenea barracuda, own work of Laban712 (from Wikipedia): The genus Sphyraena (from Latin: "pike-like") belongs to the order Perciformes. Members of the genus Sphyraena, better known as Barracudas, are elongated fish, pike-like in appearance, with large pointed heads and jaws. The two dorsal fins are widely separated with the anterior fin having five spines, the posterior fin having only one spine and nine soft rays. The posterior dorsal fin is similar in size to the anal fin and is situated above it. Barracudas normally have an under bite with prominent sharp-edged
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Sphyraena bolcensis, a barracuda from Monte Bolca
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From the album: Vertebrates
Sphyraena bolcensis Agassiz, 1844 Eocene Ypresian Monte Bolca near Verona Italy The genus Sphyraena (from Latin: "pike-like") belongs to the order Perciformes. Members of the genus Sphyraena, better known as Barracudas, are elongated fish, pike-like in appearance, with large pointed heads and jaws. The two dorsal fins are widely separated with the anterior fin having five spines, the posterior fin having only one spine and nine soft rays. The posterior dorsal fin is similar in size to the anal fin and is situated above it. Barracudas norma
