Photo 43106, (c) Kyle Van Houtan, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Kyle Van Houtan

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What

Great Barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda)

Observer

vanhoutan

Date

June 18, 2011

Description

a juvenile kaku, or barracuda in Hawaiian tongue, chilling in our boat harbor one morning. This guy was about 2ft long, inner harbors and dock areas in Hawaii are a common nursery for this species. They can attain ~2m in length and 50 kg.

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