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Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae octopuses

Genus: Callistoctopus

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16 species (see list below)
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FAO

Western Pacific
Max. Length 43 cm TL
Callistoctopus alpheus(Norman, 1993)

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Callistoctopus alpheus
[Capricorn octopus]

FAO

Central Pacific
Max. Length 44 cm TL
Callistoctopus aspilosomatis(Norman, 1993)

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Callistoctopus aspilosomatis
[Plain-body octopus]

FAO

Southwest Pacific.

Callistoctopus bunurong(Stranks, 1990)

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Callistoctopus bunurong
[Southern white-spot octopus]
No picture found

Max. Length 80 cm TL
 
Callistoctopus dierythraeus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 8.5 cm ML
 
Callistoctopus gracilis
[]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 130 cm TL
Callistoctopus graptus(Norman, 1993)

Photo by FAO
 
Callistoctopus graptus
[Scribbled octopus]
No picture found
 
Callistoctopus kermadecensis
[]
No picture found
 
Callistoctopus lechenaultii
[]

Harasti, David

Western Pacific.
Max. Length 70 cm TL
Callistoctopus luteus(Sasaki, 1929)

Photo by Harasti, David
 
Callistoctopus luteus
[Small-spot octopus]

Pillon, Roberto

Circumglobal in warm to t
Max. Length 18 cm ML
Callistoctopus macropus(Risso, 1826)

Photo by Pillon, Roberto
 
Callistoctopus macropus
[White-spotted octopus]

FAO

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 35 cm TL
Callistoctopus nocturnus(Norman & Sweeney, 1997)

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Callistoctopus nocturnus
[Philippine octopus]

FAO

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 120 cm TL
Callistoctopus ornatus(Gould, 1852)

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Callistoctopus ornatus
[White-striped octopus]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.5 cm ML
 
Callistoctopus paucilamellus
[]

FAO

Southeast Pacific

Callistoctopus rapanui(Voss, 1979)

Photo by FAO
 
Callistoctopus rapanui
[Rapanui octopus]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.6 cm ML
 
Callistoctopus sparsus
[]
No picture found
 
Callistoctopus xiaohongxu
[]


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