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Wahoo
Family:
Barracuda
Similar Fish:
Barracuda Family
Habitat:
OFFSHORE - The Gulf Stream may be a major freeway for their
movements, and the Straits of Florida are a favorite haunt.
Size:
4 - 7 feet (Up to150 lb.)
Description:
A large, powerful fish, usually loners, found well offshore
even to mid oceanic regions. They are voracious predators, swiftly
overtaking prey, of which flying fish and halfbeaks are favorites. Wahoo
feed on such pelagic species as porcupinefish, flyingfish, herring,
pilchards, scad, lanternfish, and small mackerel and tuna, as well as on
squid.