Author: Risso, 1820
FBname: Sharpchin barracudina
Comments: Depth range from 50-1000 m (ref. 04473) and up to 1032 m in the eastern Ionian Sea (Ref. 56504).  Epipelagic to bathypelagic (Ref. 58426); also mesopelagic (Ref. 5951).  Feeds on fishes, crustaceans and occasionally planktonic organisms (Ref. 5759).  Spawns from March to September, larvae near the surface (Ref. 35388).