Barracuda Attacked A 14-year-old Girl

A 14-year-old Koral Wira was sitting on her family's yacht while her dad was fishing for sharks near Venice, Florida. Suddenly a large barracuda leapt out of the sea and latched on to her arm. Koral's dad was able to kill the fish with a fillet knife. But the girl still needed 51 stitches afterwards.
The barracuda is a ray-finned fish known for its large size and fearsome appearance. Its body is long, fairly compressed, and covered with small, smooth scales. Some species could reach up to 1.8m in length and 30 centimeters (11.8 in) in width. The barracuda is a salt water fish of the genus Sphyraena, the only genus in the family Sphyraenidae, and is found in tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.