Sphyraena sphyraena, also known as the European barracuda or Mediterranean barracuda, is a ray-finned predatory fish of the Mediterranean basin and the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

It has a large mouth with an underbite, lined with prominent sharp teeth.

It is dark above and silvery below, and in some freshly-caught specimens there is a yellow band parallel to the lateral line.

[7] In the Eastern Atlantic Sphyraena sphyraena is found from the Bay of Biscay in the north through the Canary Islands and the Azores to Mossamedes, Angola in the south and is found off Bermuda and Brazil in the western Atlantic.

[10] It is caught in some quantities by commercial fisheries and it is an important game fish.