| Ommastrephidae (flying squids and arrow squids), subfamily: Todarodinae |
| 75 cm ML (male/unsexed); max.weight: 2,200.0 g; max. reported age: 2 years |
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benthopelagic; marine; depth range 20 - 4595 m |
| Northeast Atlantic, Mediterranean and the Arctic: Congo Dem Rep to Gibraltar, Mediterranean, Spain to Iceland, to Russian Arctic up to Sakha Republic. |
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| Common mantle length ranges between 25 and 35 cm (Ref. 3722). In the Mediterranean Sea no individual was caught in the hauls taken above a depth of 100 m (Ref. 81305). However, studies carried out in Norwegian waters indicated that it occurs in coastal and bank areas 80-200 m and even more superficially at 20-100 m (Ref.81307). It was also observed from the North Atlantic Ridge at a depth of 1947 m (Ref. 81308). Maximum depth from Ref. 1985. |
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(LC); Date assessed: 10 May 2010 Ref. 123251)
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