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

Genus: Todarodes

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4 species (see list below)
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FAO

Southwest Pacific and Eas
Max. Length 43.3 cm ML
Todarodes angolensisAdam, 1962

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Todarodes angolensis
[Angolan flying squid]
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Max. Length 55.5 cm ML
 
Todarodes filippovae
[Antarctic flying squid]

FAO

North Pacific
Max. Length 50 cm ML
Todarodes pacificus(Steenstrup, 1880)

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Todarodes pacificus
[Japanese flying squid]

FAO

Northeast Atlantic, Medit
Max. Length 75 cm ML
Todarodes sagittatus(Lamarck, 1798)

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Todarodes sagittatus
[European flying squid]


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