Scientific Name	Sphyraena qenie   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Klunzinger, 1870	Depth	40 - 70M
Chinese	暗鰭金梭魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	金梭魚科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F472　Sphyraenidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	暗鰭魣
Max Length	15 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	針梭、竹梭、巴拉庫答
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.
Habitats	Ocean、Coral、Estuary、Coastal、 Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Egypt, Red Sea
Synonyms	Sphyraena genie, Sphyraena nigripinnis, Sphyraena putnamiae, Sphyraena tessera
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.6(FAO, 2001)  Klunzinger, C. B. 1870 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List
Common Name	Blackfin barracuda; Military seapike
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate, subcylindrical or slightly compressed. Head long, pointed, scaly on sides and posteriorly on top. Mouth nearly horizontal, large. Jaws elongate, the lower one considerably projecting; large, sharp, flattened or conical teeth of unequal size on jaws and palatines; usually 1 or 2 strong, sharp canines near tip of lower jaw. Maxilla reaching to just below anterior margin of eye. No gill rakers on first arch. Two short dorsal fins, widely separated the first with V strong spines inserted about opposite to or behind pelvic fins, second with I spine and 9 soft rays; anal fin with II spines and 8 soft rays; origin of pelvic fins before first dorsal-fin origin; caudal fin forked, in adults with a pair of small lobes at posterior margin. Lateral-line scales 127 to 130. many dark bars crossing lateral line on body, each bar oblique in upper half, but nearly vertical in lower half; caudal fin largely blackish.
habitats	Inhabiting clear waters in the vicinity of coral reefs. Usually seen during the day in large semistationary schools.
Distribution	Widespread in the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific from South Africa to French Polynesia. It is a rare species in Taiwan.
Utility	Marketed fresh.