Todaropsis eblanae   (Ball, 1841)

Lesser flying squid

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Cephalopoda | Oegopsida | Ommastrephidae | Todarodinae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthopelagic; depth range 20 - 850 m (Ref. 275).  Tropical; 9°C - 18°C (Ref. 417); 73°N - 44°S, 18°W - 155°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean and Indo-West Pacific. Tropical to temperate.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 18.8, range 20 - ? cm Max length : 22.0 cm ML male/unsexed; (Ref. 104052); 29 cm ML (female); common length : 13.0 cm ML male/unsexed; (Ref. 275); common length :20 cm ML (female)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum depth from Ref. 122892.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Two main spawning seasons, during spring and autumn-winter.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Schneider, W. 1990. (Ref. 417)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 10 May 2010

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 5.2 - 21, mean 11.3 (based on 776 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (19 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium.

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