Todarodes pacificus (Steenstrup, 1880)
Japanese flying squid
Todarodes pacificus
photo by FAO

Family:  Ommastrephidae (flying squids and arrow squids), subfamily: Todarodinae
Max. size:  50 cm ML (female); max.weight: 500.0 g
Environment:  pelagic; marine; depth range 0 - 500 m, oceanodromous
Distribution:  Northern and Western Pacific and Northeast Atlantic.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Common weight: 100 to 300 g (Ref. 275). Depth range is 36 to 184 m; and temperature is 12 to 20°C in Ref. 75927. Fished with jigging machines, demersal trawls, purse seines and set nets (Ref. 81298).
IUCN Red List Status: (LC); Date assessed: 10 May 2010 Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans: 
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