Southern Sennet
Sphyraena picudilla
Also called Sennet.
How to tell it
Small barracuda with a pale stripe and no black blotches; schools in the Gulf and south Florida.
- Not a great barracuda? That one much larger, scattered black blotches. (Great Barracuda)
Rules for
Every state
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Not specifically regulated in Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida (Atlantic), Florida (Gulf), Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia: each state’s rule for unlisted species applies there (on its page).
On the table
Edible, bony.
In the app
Point the camera at a southern sennet and the name appears before you take the picture, with these rules for the water you’re standing in. No signal needed, and every catch goes in the log.
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How do you tell southern sennet from great barracuda?
Southern Sennet has this: Small barracuda with a pale stripe and no black blotches; schools in the Gulf and south Florida.. Great Barracuda much larger, scattered black blotches.