barracoota

There were juicy beefsteaks piled high with rings of onion, and a barracoota, and a cold leg of mutton.

Australia Felix 2003

I was informed likewise that they were sometimes attacked by a fish which by their description I imagine to be the barracoota, as they attribute to it the same propensity.

A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship William Bligh 1785