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Family: Ommastrephidae flying squids and arrow squids



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22 species (see list below)
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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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Circumglobal in tropical
Max. Length 180 cm ML
Eucleoteuthis luminosa (Sasaki, 1915)

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Eucleoteuthis luminosa
[Luminous flying squid]

Photo by Dubosc, Jeff

Indo-Pacific and Atlantic
Max. Length 10.5 cm ML
Hyaloteuthis pelagica (Bosc, 1802)

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Hyaloteuthis pelagica
[Glassy flying squid]

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Southwest Atlantic, South
Max. Length 40 cm ML
Illex argentinus (Castellanos, 1960)

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Illex argentinus
[Argentine shortfin squid]

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Atlantic Ocean and the Me
Max. Length 38 cm ML
Illex coindetii (Vérany, 1839)

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Illex coindetii
[Shortfin squid]

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Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 31 cm ML
Illex illecebrosus (Lesueur, 1821)

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Illex illecebrosus
[Northern shortfin squid]
No picture found

Max. Length 23 cm ML
 
Illex oxygonius
[Sharptail shortfin squid]
No picture found

Max. Length 40 cm ML
 
Martialia hyadesi
[Sevenstar flying squid]

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Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 40 cm ML
Nototodarus gouldi (McCoy, 1888)

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Nototodarus gouldi
[Gould's flying squid]

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Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 16 cm ML
Nototodarus hawaiiensis (Berry, 1912)

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Nototodarus hawaiiensis
[Hawaiian flying squid]
No picture found

Max. Length 18 cm ML
 
Nototodarus philippinensis
[Philippine flying squid]

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Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 42 cm ML
Nototodarus sloanii (Gray, 1849)

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Nototodarus sloanii
[Wellington flying squid]

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Circumglobal in subtropic
Max. Length 90 cm ML
Ommastrephes bartramii (Lesueur, 1821)

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Ommastrephes bartramii
[Neon flying squid]
No picture found

Max. Length 30 cm ML
 
Ornithoteuthis antillarum
[Bird squid]

Photo by Dubosc, Jeff

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 31 cm ML
Ornithoteuthis volatilis (Sasaki, 1915)

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Ornithoteuthis volatilis
[Shiny bird squid]

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

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Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis
[Purpleback flying squid]
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Max. Length 65 cm ML
 
Sthenoteuthis pteropus
[Orangeback squid]

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

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Todarodes angolensis
[Angolan flying squid]
No picture found

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

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Northern and Western Paci
Max. Length 50 cm ML
Todarodes pacificus (Steenstrup, 1880)

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Todarodes pacificus
[Japanese flying squid]

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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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Atlantic Ocean, the Medit
Max. Length 29 cm ML
Todaropsis eblanae (Ball, 1841)

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Todaropsis eblanae
[Lesser flying squid]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Dosidicus gigas Jumbo flying squid Eastern Pacific. From so 400 TL 1835
Eucleoteuthis luminosa Luminous flying squid Circumglobal in tropical 180 ML 1915
Hyaloteuthis pelagica Glassy flying squid Indo-Pacific and Atlantic 10.5 ML 1802
Illex argentinus Argentine shortfin squid Southwest Atlantic, South 40 ML 1960
Illex coindetii Shortfin squid Atlantic Ocean and the Me 38 ML 1839
Illex illecebrosus Northern shortfin squid Atlantic Ocean 31 ML 1821
Illex oxygonius Sharptail shortfin squid Atlantic Ocean. 23 ML 1969
Martialia hyadesi Sevenstar flying squid Southern Ocean. 40 ML 1889
Nototodarus gouldi Gould's flying squid Indo-West Pacific 40 ML 1888
Nototodarus hawaiiensis Hawaiian flying squid Pacific Ocean 16 ML 1912
Nototodarus philippinensis Philippine flying squid Western Pacific 18 ML 1962
Nototodarus sloanii Wellington flying squid Southwest Pacific 42 ML 1849
Ommastrephes bartramii Neon flying squid Circumglobal in subtropic 90 ML 1821
Ornithoteuthis antillarum Bird squid Atlantic Ocean 30 ML 1957
Ornithoteuthis volatilis Shiny bird squid Indo-West Pacific 31 ML 1915
Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis Purpleback flying squid Indo-Pacific. Tropical t 65 ML 1830
Sthenoteuthis pteropus Orangeback squid Pan-Atlantic in tropical 65 ML 1855
Todarodes angolensis Angolan flying squid Southwest Pacific and Eas 43.3 ML 1962
Todarodes filippovae Antarctic flying squid Circumpolar in Southern O 55.5 ML 1975
Todarodes pacificus Japanese flying squid Northern and Western Paci 50 ML 1880
Todarodes sagittatus European flying squid Northeast Atlantic, Medit 75 ML 1798
Todaropsis eblanae Lesser flying squid Atlantic Ocean, the Medit 29 ML 1841



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