User:Shiryl82/Bigeye barracuda

Comments by A. Faucci in bold:


 * great draft!!! All the information is there. Now it just needs some polishing and a little restructuring into specific sections so the information is easy to find for people looking at Wikipedia. Wikipedia is an online dictionary people get to from all around the world usually by using Google. You might have used it before without noticing. ;-)
 * I made some edits below to clean up the text a little and make the format similar to other species articles in Wikipedia. You don't have to follow those edits and can add or change anything else. just make sure it makes sense and the English is correct.
 * Format the text into at least the following sections: Description & Biology, Distribution & Habitat
 * Make sure you link your reference to each respective information in your text. Each sentence should be linked to at least one reference. How to do that in Wikipedia, check the Adding Citations training.
 * make sure you add 5 additional sources to the original article. Right now you added only 3 valid ones.
 * Reach out if you have any questions.

Bigeye Barracuda

The Bigeye Barracuda (Syphyraena Forsteri) is a species of the family Sphyraenide which can be found in Indo-West Pacific Ocean. (leave that sentence out as it is already part of the original article). Bigeye Barracuda can also be found in tropical type waters.(you can replace that sentence by just adding "tropical" to the first sentence already in the main article so that sentence reads:"... can be found in tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific Ocean.") In Hawaii barracudas are also called, “Palua”.

Description & Biology (add a new section)

The Bigeye Barracuda can grow up to 2.25 feet and swim as little 5 feet to 900 feet in ocean depth (this last part goes under the Habitat section below). It is silver in color and has a long skinny shape from head to tail.

You can find the Bigeye Barracuda in large schools. They are stagnate during the day time hours because they are a nocturnal and therefore, they forage for food at night. You can find them hanging at the lagoon like areas as well as the outer reef slopes (move this to habitat). Bigeye barracuda love to eat crustaceans, fish, and squid.

Distribution and Habitat (add a new section)

sentence about geographic distribution (same info as from that first sentence. The Bigeye Barracuda can be found from 5 to 900 feet of depth. You can find them hanging out inside lagoons as well as outer reef slopes.

References

Sphyraena forsteri, Bigeye barracuda : fisheries (fishbase.se)

-> this reference was already part of the original article so you need to find another one.

Bigeye Barracuda - Sphyraena forsteri - Palau - Photo 3 - Tropical Reefs (reefguide.org)

-> make sure you reference the actual site where you got the photo from (it should be longer than reefguide.org)

World Register of Marine Species. (2023, May 11). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Register_of_Marine_Species

-> see my comment from your Wikipedia Sources Assignment: You'll need to refer to the page of your species on the worms database, not to the database itself.

https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212047

Stender, K. (n.d.). "Bigeye Barracuda" (Sphyraena forsteri). Marinelifephotograhy. https://www.marinelifephotography.com/fishes/barracudas/sphyraena-forsteri.htm

My uncle who is a local fisherman here on the Big Island.

'''-> Great source but as it is not verifyable you cannot use it here. You had other sources submitted. Maybe check those or reach out to me as you will need to add an additional 2 to the 3 that are good.'''