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Family: Octopoteuthidae octopus squids (See list of species below)

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8 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)
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Octopoteuthis danae
[Dana’s octopus squid]
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Octopoteuthis deletron
[Octopus squid]
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Octopoteuthis megaptera
[Large-fin octopus squid]
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Octopoteuthis nielseni
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Octopoteuthis rugosa
[Rough-skin octopus squid]


Octopoteuthis sicula
[Rüppell’s octopus squid]
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Taningia danae
[Dana octopus squid]
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Taningia persica
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8 Species of Family Octopoteuthidae
(octopus squids)
Sort by: Species Length
Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Octopoteuthis danae Dana’s octopus squid Atlantic Ocean. 5.2 ML
Octopoteuthis deletron Octopus squid Eastern Pacific and Weste
Octopoteuthis megaptera Large-fin octopus squid Pacific Ocean and Atlanti 20 ML
Octopoteuthis nielseni Eastern Central Pacific
Octopoteuthis rugosa Rough-skin octopus squid Indo-West Pacific and Atl 23 ML
Octopoteuthis sicula Rüppell’s octopus squid Circumglobal, from tropic 50 ML
Taningia danae Dana octopus squid Circumglobal, mainly foun 170 ML
Taningia persica Western Indian Ocean.



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