Kalmar "barracouta" yawanci tana nufin wani nau'in kifaye mai tsayi, siriri da ake samu a yankin kudancin duniya, musamman a cikin ruwayen da ke kusa da New Zealand da kudancin Ostiraliya. Sunan kimiyya na wannan kifi shine Thyrsites atun. A wasu wurare, ana kuma san Barracouta da snoek ko New Zealand pike. Kalmar "barracouta" na iya nufin wasu nau'in kifin a yankuna daban-daban, don haka takamaiman ma'anar na iya dogara da mahallin.