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Pacific barracuda

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noun

  1. a small, slender barracuda, Sphyraena argentea, of coastal seas from Alaska to Baja California, valued as a food fish.

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I've caught dolphin, Pacific barracuda, rainbow runners, bluefish and other schooling species right at the boat.

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