Name of a pest that affects the coconut palm and some other palms. It is also known as the red palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus). It is a weevil-like beetle in the Curculionidae family. It is another of the common names by which the barracuda or sea tiger is known, a very voracious marine fish. Its generic name is Sphyraena and it belongs to the family Sphyraenidae. It means that it has an elongated beak or proboscis. Long or elongated beak.
