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Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Myopsida
Family: Loliginidae inshore squids

Genus: Doryteuthis

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8 species (see list below)
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FAO

Southeast Pacific and Sou
Max. Length 28 cm ML
Doryteuthis gahi(D'Orbigny, 1835)

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Doryteuthis gahi
[Patagonian squid]
No picture found

Max. Length 13 cm ML
 
Doryteuthis ocula
[Bigeye inshore squid]

FAO

Eastern Pacific. Tropica
Max. Length 19.2 cm ML
Doryteuthis opalescens(Berry, 1911)

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Doryteuthis opalescens
[Opalescent inshore squid]

FAO

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 50 cm ML
Doryteuthis pealeii(Lesueur, 1821)

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Doryteuthis pealeii
[Longfin inshore squid]

Elliff, Carla Isobel

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 35 cm ML
Doryteuthis pleii(Blainville, 1823)

Photo by Elliff, Carla Isobel
 
Doryteuthis pleii
[Slender inshore squid]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.2 cm ML
 
Doryteuthis roperi
[Island inshore squid]
No picture found

Max. Length 20 cm ML
 
Doryteuthis sanpaulensis
[Sao Paulo squid]
No picture found

Max. Length 12 cm ML
 
Doryteuthis surinamensis
[Surinam squid]


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