Species Identification: Find Species


Family: Enoploteuthidae enope squids



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44 species
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Max. Length 6 cm ML

 
Abralia andamanica
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Max. Length 7 cm ML

 
Abralia armata
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Max. Length 10 cm ML

 
Abralia astrolineata
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Max. Length 4 cm ML

 
Abralia astrosticta
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Max. Length 7 cm ML

 
Abralia dubia
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Max. Length 7 cm ML

 
Abralia fasciolata
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Max. Length 2.5 cm ML

 
Abralia grimpei
[Enope squid]
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Max. Length 4 cm ML

 
Abralia heminuchalis
[Cephalopods]
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Max. Length 3 cm ML

 
Abralia marisarabica
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Max. Length 3 cm ML

 
Abralia multihamata
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Abralia omiae
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Max. Length 4 cm ML

 
Abralia redfieldi
[Redfield's enope squid]
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Max. Length 7 cm ML

 
Abralia renschi
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Max. Length 7 cm ML

 
Abralia robsoni
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Max. Length 7 cm ML

 
Abralia siedleckyi
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Max. Length 3 cm ML

 
Abralia similis
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Max. Length 7 cm ML

 
Abralia spaercki
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Max. Length 5 cm ML

 
Abralia steindachneri
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Max. Length 4 cm ML

 
Abralia trigonura
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Atlantic Ocean and the Me
Max. Length 4.9 cm ML
Abralia veranyi (Rüppell, 1844)

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Abralia veranyi
[Eye-flash squid]
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Max. Length 4 cm ML

 
Abraliopsis affinis
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Max. Length 3.3 cm ML

 
Abraliopsis atlantica
[Atlantic firefly squid]
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Max. Length 7 cm ML

 
Abraliopsis chuni
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Max. Length 4.5 cm ML

 
Abraliopsis falco
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Max. Length 5 cm ML

 
Abraliopsis felis
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Max. Length 5.7 cm ML

 
Abraliopsis gilchristi
[Gilchrist's firefly squid]
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Max. Length 7 cm ML

 
Abraliopsis hoylei
[Hoyle's enope squid]
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Max. Length 2.7 cm ML

 
Abraliopsis lineata
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Max. Length 7 cm ML

 
Abraliopsis morisii
[Pfeffer's firefly squid]
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Max. Length 4 cm ML

 
Abraliopsis pacificus
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Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 7 cm ML
Abraliopsis pfefferi Joubin, 1896

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Abraliopsis pfefferi
[Pfeffer's enope squid]
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Max. Length 7 cm ML

 
Abraliopsis tui
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Max. Length 7.9 cm ML

 
Enoploteuthis anapsis
[Starlit enope squid]
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Max. Length 10 cm ML

 
Enoploteuthis chunii
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Enoploteuthis galaxias
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Enoploteuthis higginsi
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Enoploteuthis jonesi
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Max. Length 9.2 cm ML

 
Enoploteuthis leptura
[Hooked enope squid]
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Max. Length 8 cm ML

 
Enoploteuthis magnoceani
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Enoploteuthis obliqua
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Enoploteuthis octolineata
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Max. Length 13 cm ML

 
Enoploteuthis reticulata
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Enoploteuthis semilineata
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Max. Length 7 cm ML

 
Watasenia scintillans
[Sparkling enope squid]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Abralia andamanica Indo-Pacific. 6 ML 1896
Abralia armata Western Central Pacific 7 ML 1832
Abralia astrolineata Southwest Pacific 10 ML 1914
Abralia astrosticta Pacific Ocean. 4 ML 1909
Abralia dubia Western Indian Ocean. 7 ML 1960
Abralia fasciolata Western Indian Ocean. 7 ML 1991
Abralia grimpei Enope squid Western Atlantic 2.5 ML 1958
Abralia heminuchalis Cephalopods Central equatorial Pacifi 4 ML 1992
Abralia marisarabica Western Indian Ocean. 3 ML 1983
Abralia multihamata Northwest Pacific 3 ML 1929
Abralia omiae Western Pacific. 2000
Abralia redfieldi Redfield's enope squid Amphi-Atlantic 4 ML 1955
Abralia renschi Eastern Indian Ocean. 7 ML 1931
Abralia robsoni Northwest Pacific. 7 ML 1931
Abralia siedleckyi Southeast Atlantic. 7 ML 1983
Abralia similis Western Pacific. 3 ML 1987
Abralia spaercki Western Central Pacific. 7 ML 1931
Abralia steindachneri Indo-West Pacific 5 ML 1912
Abralia trigonura Eastern Central Pacific 4 ML 1913
Abralia veranyi Eye-flash squid Atlantic Ocean and the Me 4.9 ML 1844
Abraliopsis affinis Eastern Pacific. 4 ML 1912
Abraliopsis atlantica Atlantic firefly squid Atlantic Ocean. 3.3 ML 1982
Abraliopsis chuni Western Indian Ocean. 7 ML 1982
Abraliopsis falco Pacific Ocean and Western 4.5 ML 1972
Abraliopsis felis Eastern Pacific 5 ML 1968
Abraliopsis gilchristi Gilchrist's firefly squid Southwest Pacific and Sou 5.7 ML 1924
Abraliopsis hoylei Hoyle's enope squid Indo-West Pacific and Nor 7 ML 1884
Abraliopsis lineata Indo-West Pacific 2.7 ML 1896
Abraliopsis morisii Pfeffer's firefly squid Eastern Atlantic, USSR an 7 ML 1839
Abraliopsis pacificus Pacific Ocean and the Hig 4 ML 1990
Abraliopsis pfefferi Pfeffer's enope squid Atlantic Ocean 7 ML 1896
Abraliopsis tui Southwest Pacific 7 ML 1985
Enoploteuthis anapsis Starlit enope squid Atlantic Ocean. 7.9 ML 1964
Enoploteuthis chunii Western Pacific. 10 ML 1914
Enoploteuthis galaxias Southwest Pacific. 1918
Enoploteuthis higginsi Eastern Central Pacific. 1982
Enoploteuthis jonesi Pacific Ocean. 1982
Enoploteuthis leptura Hooked enope squid Atlantic Ocean. 9.2 ML 1817
Enoploteuthis magnoceani Indo-Pacific 8 ML 1982
Enoploteuthis obliqua Eastern Central Pacific. 1982
Enoploteuthis octolineata Eastern Central Pacific. 1982
Enoploteuthis reticulata Indo-Pacific. 13 ML 1970
Enoploteuthis semilineata Southwest Pacific. 1994
Watasenia scintillans Sparkling enope squid Northwest Pacific 7 ML 1911



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