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

Genus: Sthenoteuthis

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Khan, Muhammad Moazzam

Indo-Pacific. Tropical t
Max. Length 65 cm ML
Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis(Lesson, 1830)

Photo by Khan, Muhammad Moazzam
 
Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis
[Purpleback flying squid]
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Max. Length 65 cm ML
 
Sthenoteuthis pteropus
[Orangeback squid]


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