🐟This is a great barracuda. It lives in warm seas.

🐟It has a long, slim body. The shape is like a torpedo.

🐟The biggest ones can be about 2 meters long.

🐟It is dark on top. It is silver and white below.

👁️It has large eyes.

🦷It has a big mouth. It has many sharp teeth.

🦑It eats fish. Now and then it eats squid, octopus or shrimp.

🐟It hunts by ambush. It waits. Then it surprises the fish.

🐟Grown-up barracudas often swim alone.

🌊They live near coral reefs, seagrass and mangroves.

Words to know

• ambush: wait and surprise
• torpedo: long round shape
• squid: sea animal