Check List 20(3): 653-656, doi: 10.15560/20.3.653

Record of Northern Barracuda, Sphyraena ensis Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 (Perciformes, Sphyraenidae), from the extreme north of Chile during a non-ENSO (El Niño-Southern Oscillation) period

Felipe Méndez-Abarca^‡, Renzo Pepe-Victoriano^‡, Enrique A. Mundaca^§

‡ Universidad Arturo Prat, Arica, Chile§ Universidad Católica del Maule, Curicó, Chile

Corresponding author: Felipe Méndez-Abarca ( f.mendez.abarca@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Arturo Angulo

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Citation: Méndez-Abarca F, Pepe-Victoriano R, Mundaca EA (2024) Record of Northern Barracuda, Sphyraena ensis Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 (Perciformes, Sphyraenidae), from the extreme north of Chile during a non-ENSO (El Niño-Southern Oscillation) period. Check List 20(3): 653-656. https://doi.org/10.15560/20.3.653

Abstract

A unique specimen of Northern Barracuda, Sphyraena ensis Jordan & Gilbert 1882, was accidentally captured off the coast of the city of Taltal in northern Chile. This ﬁnding not only extends the known range of the species in Chilean territory by 228 km to the south, but it also is not related to an ENSO event (El Niño Southern Oscillation), as in the past. We discuss the importance of ﬁnding this species at the northernmost end of Chile and of conducting additional sampling to conﬁrm S. ensis as a native Chilean species.

Keywords

Antofagasta region, Barracuda, Chilean coast, Paciﬁc Coast, Taltal