Ornithoteuthis antillarum Adam, 1957
Bird squid
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Family:  Ommastrephidae (flying squids and arrow squids), subfamily: Ommastrephinae
Max. size:  30 cm ML (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; marine; depth range 0 - 1200 m
Distribution:  Atlantic Ocean: from Straits of Gibraltar to western Africa and the Caribbean. Circumtropical.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Caught by squid jigs, dipnets, bottom trawls and midwater trawls. Maximum depth from Ref. 83938.
IUCN Red List Status: (LC); Date assessed: 10 May 2010 Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans: 
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