🐟 Great barracuda vs Coyote 🐺
The great barracuda is about 4 times as long as the coyote. The great barracuda weighs about 4 times as much as the coyote.
Getting the animals ready…
| Row | 🐟 Great barracuda | 🐺 Coyote |
|---|---|---|
| Size The great barracuda is about 4 times as long as the coyote. | 6.6 ft2 m1 | 16 to 20 in41 to 51 cm2 |
| Top speed Neither has a checked number yet. | no checked number yet | no checked number yet |
| Weight The great barracuda weighs about 4 times as much as the coyote. | 110 lb50 kg1 | 25 to 35 lb11 to 16 kg2 |
| Lives The great barracuda usually lives about 3 times as long as the coyote. | 18 years18 years1 | 6 years6 years2 |
| Eats The great barracuda eats fish; the coyote eats plants and animals. | fish, squid and sometimes shrimp | mice, rabbits, insects, berries and fruit |
| Lives in They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet. | warm shallow seas near the surface, in the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic oceans | nearly all of North America, from deserts and forests to big cities |
Which one? Great barracuda or coyote
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the great barracuda or the coyote yet, so there is no race.
We only race. Real animals mostly avoid each other. A race is the only fair contest: who reaches the tree first, by top speed. Our face-off books compare real numbers, and nobody gets hurt.
10 things to know about Great barracuda vs Coyote
- The great barracuda: A long, slim fish of warm shallow seas.
- The coyote: A clever wild dog whose yips and howls fill the night.
- They are different kinds of animal. The great barracuda is a fish, so it breathes with gills; the coyote is a mammal, so it breathes air with lungs and feeds its babies milk.
- The great barracuda is about 4 times as long as the coyote: 1 against 2.
- The great barracuda weighs about 4 times as much as the coyote. That is 1 for the great barracuda and 2 for the coyote.
- The great barracuda usually lives about 3 times as long as the coyote. Usual lifespans: 1 for the great barracuda and 2 for the coyote.
- The great barracuda eats fish, squid and sometimes shrimp. The coyote eats mice, rabbits, insects, berries and fruit.
- The great barracuda lives in warm shallow seas near the surface, in the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic oceans. The coyote lives in nearly all of North America, from deserts and forests to big cities. They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet.
- The great barracuda: doing fine (Least Concern on the IUCN Red List). 3
- The coyote: doing fine (Least Concern on the IUCN Red List). 4
Wow facts
🐟 Great barracuda
- A great barracuda lives in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans.
- It stays near the surface in shallow water.
- It eats fish, squid and sometimes shrimp.
🐺 Coyote
- A coyote can hear a mouse moving under the snow.
- A few coyotes together can sound like a whole pack howling.
- Coyotes sometimes team up with badgers to hunt.
Questions kids ask about Great barracuda and Coyote
Which is bigger, great barracuda or coyote?
The great barracuda is about 4 times as long as the coyote: 1 against 2.
Which is heavier, great barracuda or coyote?
The great barracuda weighs about 4 times as much as the coyote. That is 1 for the great barracuda and 2 for the coyote.
Which lives longer, great barracuda or coyote?
The great barracuda usually lives about 3 times as long as the coyote. Usual lifespans: 1 for the great barracuda and 2 for the coyote.
What do great barracuda and coyote eat?
The great barracuda eats fish, squid and sometimes shrimp. The coyote eats mice, rabbits, insects, berries and fruit.
Where do great barracuda and coyote live?
The great barracuda lives in warm shallow seas near the surface, in the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic oceans. The coyote lives in nearly all of North America, from deserts and forests to big cities. They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet.
Who would win, great barracuda or coyote?
We never show fights, because a fight is not a fair way to compare animals. They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet. What we can compare is how big, how heavy, how fast, how long they live and what they eat, as above.
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Where these numbers come from
- FishBase, Sphyraena barracuda (great barracuda), checked 10 November 2026.
- National Park Service, Yellowstone, checked 30 October 2026.
- Wikidata, from the IUCN Red List, checked 10 November 2026.
- Wikidata, from the IUCN Red List, checked 30 October 2026.