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

Genus: Illex

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Illex argentinus
[Argentine shortfin squid]

Photo by Rodríguez, Mariano García

Illex coindetii
[Shortfin squid]

Photo by FAO

Illex illecebrosus
[Northern shortfin squid]

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Max. Length 23 cm ML

Illex oxygonius
[Sharptail shortfin squid]

Scientific Name Illex argentinus Illex coindetii Illex illecebrosus Illex oxygonius	English Name Argentine shortfin squid Northern shortfin squid Sharptail shortfin squid Shortfin squid	Distribution Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean. Atlantic Ocean and the Me Southwest Atlantic	Max. Length 23 ML 31 ML 38 ML 40 ML	Year 1821 1839 1960 1969

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