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Family: Sepiidae cuttlefishes



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Indo-West Pacific and the
Max. Length 43 cm ML
Acanthosepion pharaonis (Ehrenberg, 1831)

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Acanthosepion pharaonis
[Pharaoh cuttlefish]

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Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 50 cm ML
Ascarosepion latimanus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)

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Ascarosepion latimanus
[Broadclub cuttlefish]

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Indian Ocean
Max. Length 8.8 cm ML
Aurosepina arabica (Massy, 1916)

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Aurosepina arabica
[Arabian cuttlefish]

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Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 9 cm ML
Doratosepion kobiense (Hoyle, 1885)

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Doratosepion kobiense
[Kobi cuttlefish]

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Western Indian Ocean.
Max. Length 14 cm ML
Erythalassa trygonina (Rochebrune, 1884)

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Erythalassa trygonina
[Trident cuttlefish]

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Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 6 cm ML
Metasepia pfefferi (Hoyle, 1885)

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Metasepia pfefferi
[Flamboyant cuttlefish]

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Western Pacific.
Max. Length 7 cm ML
Metasepia tullbergi (Appellöf, 1886)

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Metasepia tullbergi
[Paintpot cuttlefish]

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Eastern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 8.9 cm ML
Rhombosepion elegans (Blainville, 1827)

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Rhombosepion elegans
[Elegant cuttlefish]

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Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 10 cm ML
Rhombosepion omani (Adam & Rees, 1966)

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Rhombosepion omani
[Oman cuttlefish]

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Eastern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 12 cm ML
Rhombosepion orbignyanum (Férussac, 1826)

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Rhombosepion orbignyanum
[Pink cuttlefish]

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Indian Ocean.
Max. Length 21.2 cm ML
Rhombosepion prashadi (Winckworth, 1936)

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Rhombosepion prashadi
[Hooded cuttlefish]

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Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 23 cm ML
Sepia aculeata Van Hasselt, 1835

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Sepia aculeata
[Needle cuttlefish]
No picture found

Max. Length 12 cm ML
 
Sepia acuminata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.9 cm ML
 
Sepia adami
[]

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Western Pacific.
Max. Length 12 cm ML
Sepia andreana Steenstrup, 1875

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Sepia andreana
[Andrea cuttlefish]
No picture found
 
Sepia angulata
[]

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Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 50 cm ML
Sepia apama Gray, 1849

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Sepia apama
[Australian giant cuttlefish]
No picture found

Max. Length 9 cm ML
 
Sepia appellofi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 16 cm ML
 
Sepia aureomaculata
[]

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Eastern Atlantic to Weste
Max. Length 8.5 cm ML
Sepia australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832

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Sepia australis
[Southern cuttlefish]

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Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 7 cm ML
Sepia bandensis Adam, 1939

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Sepia bandensis
[Stumpy cuttlefish]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.4 cm ML
 
Sepia bartletti
[Bartlett's cuttlefish]
No picture found

Max. Length 8 cm ML
 
Sepia bathyalis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.4 cm ML
 
Sepia baxteri
[]

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Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 18 cm ML
Sepia bertheloti D'Orbigny, 1835

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Sepia bertheloti
[African cuttlefish]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.7 cm ML
 
Sepia bidhaia
[]

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Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 8 cm ML
Sepia braggi Verco, 1907

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Sepia braggi
[Slender cuttlefish]

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Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 11 cm ML
Sepia brevimana Steenstrup, 1875

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Sepia brevimana
[Shortclub cuttlefish]
No picture found

Max. Length 9 cm ML
 
Sepia burnupi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6 cm ML
 
Sepia carinata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 20 cm ML
 
Sepia chirotrema
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 15 cm ML
 
Sepia confusa
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.5 cm ML
 
Sepia cottoni
[Cotton's cuttlefish]

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Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 12 cm ML
Sepia cultrata Hoyle, 1885

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Sepia cultrata
[Knifebone cuttlefish]
No picture found
 
Sepia dannevigi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 11 cm ML
 
Sepia dollfusi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.7 cm ML
 
Sepia dubia
[]

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Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 17.5 cm ML
Sepia elliptica Hoyle, 1885

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Sepia elliptica
[Ovalbone cuttlefish]

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Eastern Central Atlantic
Max. Length 6 cm ML
Sepia elobyana Adam, 1941

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Sepia elobyana
[Guinean cuttlefish]
No picture found

Max. Length 9.7 cm ML
 
Sepia elongata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 9 cm ML
 
Sepia erostrata
[]

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Western Pacific
Max. Length 18 cm ML
Sepia esculenta Hoyle, 1885

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Sepia esculenta
[Golden cuttlefish]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.1 cm ML
 
Sepia faurei
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7 cm ML
 
Sepia filibrachia
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 11 cm ML
 
Sepia foliopeza
[]
No picture found
 
Sepia furcata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 10 cm ML
 
Sepia gibba
[]

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Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 8.2 cm ML
Sepia grahami Reid, 2001

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Sepia grahami
[Ken's cuttlefish]

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Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 10.8 cm ML
Sepia hedleyi Berry, 1918

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Sepia hedleyi
[]

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Southeast Atlantic and We
Max. Length 8 cm ML
Sepia hieronis (Robson, 1924)

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Sepia hieronis
[Bullet cuttlefish]

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Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 50 cm ML
Sepia hierredda Rang, 1835

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Sepia hierredda
[Giant african cuttlefish]
No picture found
 
Sepia hirunda
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 15 cm ML
 
Sepia incerta
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6 cm ML
 
Sepia insignis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 10 cm ML
 
Sepia irvingi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7 cm ML
 
Sepia ivanovi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.4 cm ML
 
Sepia joubini
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.7 cm ML
 
Sepia kiensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.8 cm ML
 
Sepia koilados
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.2 cm ML
 
Sepia limata
[]

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Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 25 cm ML
Sepia longipes Sasaki, 1914

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Sepia longipes
[Longarm cuttlefish]

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Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 25 cm ML
Sepia lorigera Wülker, 1910

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Sepia lorigera
[Spider cuttlefish]

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Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 38 cm ML
Sepia lycidas Gray, 1849

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Sepia lycidas
[Kisslip cuttlefish]

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Western Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm ML
Sepia madokai Adam, 1939

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Sepia madokai
[Madokai's cuttlefish]
No picture found

Max. Length 12.4 cm ML
 
Sepia mascarensis
[]

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Western Pacific
Max. Length 12.4 cm ML
Sepia mestus Gray, 1849

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Sepia mestus
[Reaper cuttlefish]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.5 cm ML
 
Sepia mira
[Little cuttlefish]
No picture found

Max. Length 7 cm ML
 
Sepia mirabilis
[]

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Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 4.1 cm ML
Sepia murrayi Adam & Rees, 1966

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Sepia murrayi
[Frog cuttlefish]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.7 cm ML
 
Sepia novaehollandiae
[]

Photo by Coudre, Christian

Eastern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 49 cm ML
Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758

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Sepia officinalis
[Common cuttlefish]

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Eastern Indian Ocean and
Max. Length 15 cm ML
Sepia opipara (Iredale, 1926)

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Sepia opipara
[Magnificent cuttlefish]

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Southeast Atlantic and we
Max. Length 14 cm ML
Sepia papillata Quoy & Gaimard, 1832

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Sepia papillata
[Wrinkled cuttlefish]

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Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 11 cm ML
Sepia papuensis Hoyle, 1885

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Sepia papuensis
[Papuan cuttlefish]
No picture found
 
Sepia pardalis
[]
No picture found
 
Sepia pardex
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 12 cm ML
 
Sepia peterseni
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.3 cm ML
 
Sepia plana
[]

Photo by Harasti, David

Western Pacific
Max. Length 13.5 cm ML
Sepia plangon Gray, 1849

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Sepia plangon
[Striking cuttlefish]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.3 cm ML
 
Sepia plathyconchalis
[]

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Indian Ocean
Max. Length 13 cm ML
Sepia prabahari Neethiselvan & Venkataramani, 2002

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Sepia prabahari
[Small striped cuttlefish]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.2 cm ML
 
Sepia pulchra
[]

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Indian Ocean
Max. Length 37.5 cm ML
Sepia ramani Neethiselvan, 2001

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Sepia ramani
[]

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Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 17 cm ML
Sepia recurvirostra Steenstrup, 1875

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Sepia recurvirostra
[Curvespine cuttlefish]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.5 cm ML
 
Sepia reesi
[]
No picture found
 
Sepia rex
[King cuttlefish]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.1 cm ML
 
Sepia rhoda
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm ML
 
Sepia robsoni
[]

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Western Pacific
Max. Length 14 cm ML
Sepia rozella (Iredale, 1926)

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Sepia rozella
[Rosecone cuttlefish]

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Western Indian Ocean.
Max. Length 19 cm ML
Sepia savignyi Blainville, 1827

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Sepia savignyi
[Broadback cuttlefish]
No picture found

Max. Length 9 cm ML
 
Sepia saya
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 8.3 cm ML
 
Sepia senta
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm ML
 
Sepia sewelli
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 18.5 cm ML
 
Sepia simoniana
[]

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Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 15 cm ML
Sepia smithi Hoyle, 1885

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Sepia smithi
[Smith's cuttlefish]
No picture found

Max. Length 8 cm ML
 
Sepia sokotriensis
[]

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Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 12 cm ML
Sepia stellifera Homenko & Khromov, 1984

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Sepia stellifera
[Starry cuttlefish]
No picture found

Max. Length 6 cm ML
 
Sepia subplana
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 9.4 cm ML
 
Sepia subtenuipes
[]

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Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 9.7 cm ML
Sepia sulcata Hoyle, 1885

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Sepia sulcata
[Grooved cuttlefish]
No picture found

Max. Length 8 cm ML
 
Sepia tala
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.1 cm ML
 
Sepia tanybracheia
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 10.5 cm ML
 
Sepia tenuipes
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 11 cm ML
 
Sepia thurstoni
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 9 cm ML
 
Sepia tokioensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 8.2 cm ML
 
Sepia tuberculata
[Tuberculate cuttlefish]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.6 cm ML
 
Sepia typica
[]
No picture found
 
Sepia vecchioni
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.6 cm ML
 
Sepia vercoi
[]

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Southeast Atlantic and We
Max. Length 28.7 cm ML
Sepia vermiculata Quoy & Gaimard, 1832

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Sepia vermiculata
[Patchwork cuttlefish]

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Western Pacific
Max. Length 7 cm ML
Sepia vietnamica Khromov, 1987

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Sepia vietnamica
[Viet nam cuttlefish]

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Western Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm ML
Sepia vossi Khromov, 1996

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Sepia vossi
[Voss' cuttlefish]

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Western Pacific
Max. Length 17.4 cm ML
Sepia whitleyana (Iredale, 1926)

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Sepia whitleyana
[Whitley's cuttlefish]

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Southeast Atlantic and We
Max. Length 25 cm ML
Sepia zanzibarica Pfeffer, 1884

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Sepia zanzibarica
[Zanzibar cuttlefish]
No picture found

Max. Length 8 cm ML
 
Sepiella cyanea
[]

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Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 12.5 cm ML
Sepiella inermis (Van Hasselt, 1835)

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Sepiella inermis
[Spineless cuttlefish]

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Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 20 cm ML
Sepiella japonica Sasaki, 1929

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Sepiella japonica
[Japanese spineless cuttlefish]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.9 cm ML
 
Sepiella mangkangunga
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5 cm ML
 
Sepiella ocellata
[Spotty cuttlefish]

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Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 10 cm ML
Sepiella ornata (Rang, 1837)

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Sepiella ornata
[Ornate cuttlefish]

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Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 7 cm ML
Sepiella weberi Adam, 1939

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Sepiella weberi
[Web's cuttlefish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Acanthosepion pharaonis Pharaoh cuttlefish Indo-West Pacific and the 43 ML 1831
Ascarosepion latimanus Broadclub cuttlefish Indo-West Pacific 50 ML 1832
Aurosepina arabica Arabian cuttlefish Indian Ocean 8.8 ML 1916
Doratosepion kobiense Kobi cuttlefish Indo-West Pacific 9 ML 1885
Erythalassa trygonina Trident cuttlefish Western Indian Ocean. 14 ML 1884
Metasepia pfefferi Flamboyant cuttlefish Indo-West Pacific 6 ML 1885
Metasepia tullbergi Paintpot cuttlefish Western Pacific. 7 ML 1886
Rhombosepion elegans Elegant cuttlefish Eastern Atlantic and the 8.9 ML 1827
Rhombosepion omani Oman cuttlefish Western Indian Ocean 10 ML 1966
Rhombosepion orbignyanum Pink cuttlefish Eastern Atlantic and the 12 ML 1826
Rhombosepion prashadi Hooded cuttlefish Indian Ocean. 21.2 ML 1936
Sepia aculeata Needle cuttlefish Indo-West Pacific 23 ML 1835
Sepia acuminata Southeast Atlantic and We 12 ML 1916
Sepia adami Southeast Atlantic 5.9 ML 1972
Sepia andreana Andrea cuttlefish Western Pacific. 12 ML 1875
Sepia angulata Southeast Atlantic 1972
Sepia apama Australian giant cuttlefish Indo-West Pacific 50 ML 1849
Sepia appellofi Northwest Pacific 9 ML 1910
Sepia aureomaculata Northwest Pacific 16 ML 1987
Sepia australis Southern cuttlefish Eastern Atlantic to Weste 8.5 ML 1832
Sepia bandensis Stumpy cuttlefish Indo-Pacific. 7 ML 1939
Sepia bartletti Bartlett's cuttlefish Western Central Pacific 7.4 ML 1954
Sepia bathyalis Western Indian Ocean 8 ML 1991
Sepia baxteri Southwest Pacific 7.4 ML 1940
Sepia bertheloti African cuttlefish Eastern Atlantic 18 ML 1835
Sepia bidhaia Western Central Pacific 5.7 ML 2000
Sepia braggi Slender cuttlefish Indo-West Pacific 8 ML 1907
Sepia brevimana Shortclub cuttlefish Indo-West Pacific 11 ML 1875
Sepia burnupi Southeast Atlantic 9 ML 1904
Sepia carinata Northwest Pacific 6 ML 1920
Sepia chirotrema Eastern Indian Ocean 20 ML 1918
Sepia confusa Southeast Atlantic 15 ML 1916
Sepia cottoni Cotton's cuttlefish Eastern Indian Ocean 5.5 ML 1979
Sepia cultrata Knifebone cuttlefish Indo-West Pacific 12 ML 1885
Sepia dannevigi Indo-West Pacific. 1918
Sepia dollfusi Western Indian Ocean 11 ML 1941
Sepia dubia Southeast Atlantic 1.7 ML 1966
Sepia elliptica Ovalbone cuttlefish Indo-West Pacific 17.5 ML 1885
Sepia elobyana Guinean cuttlefish Eastern Central Atlantic 6 ML 1941
Sepia elongata Western Indian Ocean 9.7 ML 1842
Sepia erostrata Northwest Pacific 9 ML 1929
Sepia esculenta Golden cuttlefish Western Pacific 18 ML 1885
Sepia faurei Southeast Atlantic 2.1 ML 1972
Sepia filibrachia Western Pacific 7 ML 2005
Sepia foliopeza Northwest Pacific 11 ML 1987
Sepia furcata Northwest Pacific 2005
Sepia gibba Western Indian Ocean 10 ML 1831
Sepia grahami Ken's cuttlefish Indo-West Pacific 8.2 ML 2001
Sepia hedleyi Indo-West Pacific 10.8 ML 1918
Sepia hieronis Bullet cuttlefish Southeast Atlantic and We 8 ML 1924
Sepia hierredda Giant african cuttlefish Eastern Atlantic 50 ML 1835
Sepia hirunda Northwest Pacific 2005
Sepia incerta Southeast Atlantic and We 15 ML 1916
Sepia insignis Southeast Atlantic and We 6 ML 1916
Sepia irvingi Indo-West Pacific 10 ML 1909
Sepia ivanovi Western Indian Ocean 7 ML 1982
Sepia joubini Southeast Atlantic and We 6.4 ML 1927
Sepia kiensis Indo-West Pacific. 3.7 ML 1885
Sepia koilados Eastern Indian Ocean 6.8 ML 2000
Sepia limata Western Pacific 4.2 ML 1926
Sepia longipes Longarm cuttlefish Northwest Pacific 25 ML 1914
Sepia lorigera Spider cuttlefish Northwest Pacific 25 ML 1910
Sepia lycidas Kisslip cuttlefish Indo-West Pacific 38 ML 1849
Sepia madokai Madokai's cuttlefish Western Pacific 10 ML 1939
Sepia mascarensis Western Indian Ocean. 12.4 ML 1991
Sepia mestus Reaper cuttlefish Western Pacific 12.4 ML 1849
Sepia mira Little cuttlefish Southwest Pacific 5.5 ML 1932
Sepia mirabilis Western Indian Ocean 7 ML 1988
Sepia murrayi Frog cuttlefish Western Indian Ocean 4.1 ML 1966
Sepia novaehollandiae Eastern Indian Ocean and 7.7 ML 1909
Sepia officinalis Common cuttlefish Eastern Atlantic and the 49 ML 1758
Sepia opipara Magnificent cuttlefish Eastern Indian Ocean and 15 ML 1926
Sepia papillata Wrinkled cuttlefish Southeast Atlantic and we 14 ML 1832
Sepia papuensis Papuan cuttlefish Indo-West Pacific 11 ML 1885
Sepia pardalis Northwest Pacific. 1914
Sepia pardex Northwest Pacific 1913
Sepia peterseni Southwest Pacific 12 ML 1886
Sepia plana Eastern Indian Ocean 5.3 ML 1997
Sepia plangon Striking cuttlefish Western Pacific 13.5 ML 1849
Sepia plathyconchalis Western Indian Ocean. 6.3 ML 1991
Sepia prabahari Small striped cuttlefish Indian Ocean 13 ML 2002
Sepia pulchra Southeast Atlantic 2.2 ML 1985
Sepia ramani Indian Ocean 37.5 ML 2001
Sepia recurvirostra Curvespine cuttlefish Indo-West Pacific 17 ML 1875
Sepia reesi Eastern Indian Ocean 4.5 ML 1979
Sepia rex King cuttlefish Southwest Pacific. 1926
Sepia rhoda Indo-West Pacific 6.1 ML 1954
Sepia robsoni Southeast Atlantic and No 2 ML 1927
Sepia rozella Rosecone cuttlefish Western Pacific 14 ML 1926
Sepia savignyi Broadback cuttlefish Western Indian Ocean. 19 ML 1827
Sepia saya Western Indian Ocean. 9 ML 1991
Sepia senta Eastern Indian Ocean 8.3 ML 1997
Sepia sewelli Western Indian Ocean 3 ML 1966
Sepia simoniana Southeast Atlantic and We 18.5 ML 1920
Sepia smithi Smith's cuttlefish Indo-Pacific 15 ML 1885
Sepia sokotriensis Western Indian Ocean 8 ML 1988
Sepia stellifera Starry cuttlefish Indo-West Pacific 12 ML 1984
Sepia subplana Central Pacific 6 ML 2001
Sepia subtenuipes Northwest Pacific 9.4 ML 1987
Sepia sulcata Grooved cuttlefish Indo-West Pacific 9.7 ML 1885
Sepia tala Western Indian Ocean. 8 ML 1991
Sepia tanybracheia Eastern Indian Ocean. 5.1 ML 2000
Sepia tenuipes Northwest Pacific 10.5 ML 1929
Sepia thurstoni Eastern Indian Ocean 11 ML 1966
Sepia tokioensis Northwest Pacific 9 ML 1888
Sepia tuberculata Tuberculate cuttlefish Southeast Atlantic 8.2 ML 1798
Sepia typica Southeast Atlantic and We 2.6 ML 1875
Sepia vecchioni Indian Ocean 2010
Sepia vercoi Eastern Indian Ocean 4.6 ML 1979
Sepia vermiculata Patchwork cuttlefish Southeast Atlantic and We 28.7 ML 1832
Sepia vietnamica Viet nam cuttlefish Western Pacific 7 ML 1987
Sepia vossi Voss' cuttlefish Western Pacific 10 ML 1996
Sepia whitleyana Whitley's cuttlefish Western Pacific 17.4 ML 1926
Sepia zanzibarica Zanzibar cuttlefish Southeast Atlantic and We 25 ML 1884
Sepiella cyanea Southeast Atlantic and We 8 ML 1924
Sepiella inermis Spineless cuttlefish Indo-West Pacific 12.5 ML 1835
Sepiella japonica Japanese spineless cuttlefish Northwest Pacific 20 ML 1929
Sepiella mangkangunga Indo-West Pacific 5.9 ML 1998
Sepiella ocellata Spotty cuttlefish Indo-West Pacific. 5 ML 1884
Sepiella ornata Ornate cuttlefish Eastern Atlantic 10 ML 1837
Sepiella weberi Web's cuttlefish Indo-West Pacific 7 ML 1939



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