The Great Barracuda is a species of fast silver fish that lives in the ocean around coral reefs.
River Monsters[]
Razorhead[]
Jeremy Wade searches for the creature behind a nearly fatal incident. It turns out that these Barracudas can launch themselves out of the water and are sometimes dangerous to anglers. Another fish that also sometimes turns on fishermen as it is being brought in is the Sailfish, caught in Season 7.
He swims amongst some Barracuda in the water to find out what their feeding behavior is like.
Jeremy catches several Barracuda before he catches a large one, around 25 pounds in weight. He is convinced that a large one like the one he caught at speed out of the water could lacerate a limb or smash someone's ribs.
Killers from the Abyss[]
This fish was a suspect in the episode Killers from the Abyss as the silvery fish that first drew blood. However, Jeremy dismissed it as the conditions were not right. Barracuda hunt near reefs, the attack was in open water.
Volcanic Island Terror[]
Jeremy also caught a Barracuda as a potential suspect in the seventh season episode Volcanic Island Terror. However, it was dismissed as it was not a black fish like the eyewitness reports.
Description[]
Large specimens like the one Jeremy Wade caught can grow to 25 pounds, and on rare occasion, they can even grow to 100 pounds. They are silvery in color and very long and streamlined. Often times people are unable to spot them.
They live in huge packs or squadrons often over 40 fish. Traveling at up to 25 miles per hour they are immensely fast super predators, capable of lacerating limbs. They are among the fastest fish in the ocean but sailfish are faster.