[5] Some other known prey species of S. viridensis include the longspine snipefish, the boar fish,[5] and cephalopods and crustaceans.

This shows that there is an overlap in habitat between the juvenile barracudas and the lizard fish, which occurs in sheltered, very enclosed bays with sandy substrates.

These schools are predominantly made up of sub-adults, with the smaller fish nearer to the surface and the larger ones, usually female, at the bottom, at depths of up to 30m.

Schooling is thought to be an anti-predator defence, to facilitate mating (with the smaller males being attracted to the larger females), and to increase the success rate of hunting.

[5] S. viridensis is landed in small quantities in the eastern Mediterranean by fishermen using in trammel-nets and beach-seines.

[4] It has been reported from markets in Turkey but it is generally caught as a bycatch, although as numbers increase in the Mediterranean, it may be becoming a more important species for fisheries.