Long-finned Squid

Sepioteuthis lessoniana

Also known as: Bigfin Reef Squid, Calamari Squid, Common Pelagic Squid, Cuttlefish, Glitter Squid, Indo-Pacific Squid, Loliginid Squid, Northern Calamari, Oval Squid, Pacific Reef Squid, Tropical Squid

ALSO KNOWN AS

Bigfin Reef Squid
Calamari Squid
Common Pelagic Squid
Cuttlefish
Glitter Squid
Indo-Pacific Squid
Loliginid Squid
Northern Calamari
Oval Squid
Pacific Reef Squid
Tropical Squid

LIFE STAGE

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Long-finned Squid juvenile, photographed at Turquoise Bay, Ningaloo Reef, Exmouth, WA, Australia — @fishx6 · Turquoise Bay, Ningaloo Reef, Exmouth, WA, Australia · March 20131 / 4

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Overview

All in sausage shaped bundles, when the squid hatch they will be as tiny as a grain of rice.

How to identify

COLOURS

Pattern: stripes
Behaviour: curious hovering nocturnal schooling solitary

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Habitat & where to find it

Where the juvenile stage lives, and where its photos were taken.

Range · Indo-Pacific, Mediterranean
Exact location · 4

RANGE

Juvenile photos 4

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ALL STAGES

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Taxonomy

kingdomAnimalia
phylumMollusca
classCephalopoda
orderMyopsida
familyLoliginidae
genusSepioteuthis
speciesSepioteuthis lessoniana R. P. Lesson, 1831

SourcesWoRMS Wikipedia