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Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Ommastrephidae flying squids and arrow squids

Genus: Dosidicus

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FAO

Eastern Pacific. From so
Max. Length 400 cm TL
Dosidicus gigas(D'Orbigny, 1835)

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Dosidicus gigas
[Jumbo flying squid]


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