Yellowtail Barracuda.

The yellowtail barracuda, Sphyraena flavicauda, a barracuda of the family Sphyraenidae, is found in Indo-West Pacific oceans. Its length is up to 60 cm.

Body has two brown or brownish yellow longitudinal stripes which may disappear in old specimens; caudal fin yellowish. It is occasionally confused with the barracuda species Sphyraena obtusata but is more elongated.

The yellowtail barracuda is a schooling fish and feeds almost exclusively on other fish.