Definition of Genus sphyraena

1. Noun. Type and sole genus of the Sphyraenidae: barracuda.

Exact synonyms: Sphyraena
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Sphyraenidae, Sphyraenidae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Sphyraena

genus Spartium
genus Spathiphyllum
genus Spergula
genus Spergularia
genus Sphacele
genus Sphacelotheca
genus Sphaeralcea
genus Sphaerocarpos
genus Sphaerocarpus
genus Sphagnum
genus Sphecius
genus Sphecotheres
genus Spheniscus
genus Sphenodon
genus Sphyraena
genus Sphyrapicus
genus Sphyrna
genus Spilogale
genus Spinacia
genus Spinus
genus Spiraea
genus Spiranthes
genus Spirillum
genus Spirochaeta
genus Spirodela
genus Spirogyra
genus Spirula
genus Spizella
genus Spodoptera

Literary usage of Genus sphyraena

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1885)
"... of the genus sphyraena 67 A Review of the American Species of Scomberomorus 232 Meyer, Otto. Notes on Tertiary Shells 104 Osborn, Henry P. Preliminary ..."

2. Jornal de sciências mathemáticas, físicas e naturais by Academia das Ciências de Lisboa (1889)
"Genus SPHYRAENA, Artedi ir>. Sphyraena vulgaris, Cuv. e Vai. Hitt. nat. dês Poiss., vol. ni, p. 339; S. borealis, Dekay, New-York fatin. Fish., p. 39, pi. ..."

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