Pacific barracudina

Lestidiops jayakari

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth40–563 m
Water temperature11–29 °C
Best monthsFebruary, April, and June
How commonRare

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About this species

Lestidiops is a genus of barracudinas.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Lestidiops”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 3 records
February: 16 records
March: 1 records
April: 18 records
May: 5 records
June: 24 records
July: 12 records
August: 5 records
September: 2 records
October: 9 records
November: 3 records
December: 2 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 40–563 m · Deepest record: 1,000 m

0–10 m: 1 records
10–20 m: 3 records
20–30 m: 4 records
30–40 m: 2 records
40–50 m: 4 records
50–60 m: 7 records
60–70 m: 2 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 2 records
90–100 m: 2 records
100–110 m: 8 records
110+ m: 57 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 11–29 °C

10–12 °C: 1 records
12–14 °C: 5 records
14–16 °C: 15 records
16–18 °C: 26 records
18–20 °C: 7 records
20–22 °C: 14 records
22–24 °C: 13 records
24–26 °C: 6 records
26–28 °C: 5 records
28–30 °C: 21 records

Names and classification

English: Pacific barracudina, barracudina, Pacific barracudina, Barracudina

Names in 3 more languages

Spanish: barracudina del Paífico
French: Barracudine à dos tacheté
Japanese: Shironamehadaka, シロナメハダカ

Other scientific names: Lestidium jayakari, Macroparalepis egei, Paralepis proximus, Sudis jayakari

Similar species

Indo-Pacific Barracudina
Lestidiops indopacificus
Lestidiops macrura
Strange pike smelt
Lestidiops mirabilis
Pacific Barracudina
Lestidiops pacificus
Ribbon barracudina
Arctozenus risso
Brilliant-bellied barracudina
Lestrolepis intermedia

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
487 open-data records from 1914 to 2015.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.

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