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Species · Nearshore

Southern Sennet

Sphyraena picudilla

Also called Sennet.

Rules in 0 state rulebooks, checked Sep 14, 2026. Every rule names its source and the day it was last checked; the official rulebook is the final word.

How to tell it

Small barracuda with a pale stripe and no black blotches; schools in the Gulf and south Florida.

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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Questions anglers ask about southern sennet

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.