| Citation | Morishita, S. and H. Motomura, 2020, Sphyraena stellata, a new barracuda from the Indo-Pacific, with redescriptions of S. helleri Jenkins, 1901 and S. novaehollandiae Günther, 1860 (Perciformes: Sphyraenidae).. Zootaxa 4772(3):545-566. |
| Ref. | 123366 Morishita, S. and H. Motomura, 2020 |
| Page | 552;fig.2C,4,7-10,11C-F,12; |
| Named Used as Valid | Sphyraena stellata |
| Comment | tab.1-2; original description |
| Locality | Japan, Amami Is., Okinoerabu-jima island, off Okidomari Port, KAUM.I. 122319. |
| Distribution | Indo-Pacific: widely distributed; Madagascar and the Maldives to Hawaii and Easter Island; north to Japan; south to Australia |
| Quote | Collected from the Maldives, southern Japan, including the Ryukyu Islands, and Fiji and oceanic islands in the Pacific Ocean (Johnston Atoll, Marshall Island, Phoenix Islands, French Polynesia, Pitcairn Islands, and Easter Island). The species has also been recorded from Madagascar, northeastern Australia, and the Hawaiian Islands. |