Cephalopoda |
Sepiida |
Sepiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Reef-associated; depth range 8 - 55 m (Ref. 101300). Tropical; 36°N - 30°S, 32°E - 175°E (Ref. 275)
Indo-West Pacific: from southern Mozambique to Japan.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?, range 16 - ? cm Max length : 50.0 cm ML male/unsexed; (Ref. 275); max. published weight: 10.00 g (Ref. 1695)
Light to dark brown, with whitish mottles, blotches, or spots. The arms have white bands along their margins, appearing as broad white blotches when extended, with brownish bands running medially. The dorsal mantle features a transverse saddle mark, small white and brown spots, narrow brown bands, and bold white stripes and spots. Males display more pronounced transverse stripes during breeding season.
Also caught with jigs, setnets and spears (Ref. 275).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the class Cephalopoda are gonochoric. Male and female adults usually die shortly after spawning and brooding, respectively. Mating behavior: Males perform various displays to attract potential females for copulation. During copulation, male grasp the female and inserts the hectocotylus into the female's mantle cavity where fertilization usually occurs. Life cycle: Embryos hatch into planktonic stage and live for some time before they grow larger and take up a benthic existence as adults.
Jereb, P. and C.F.E. Roper (eds.) 2005 Cephalopods of the world. An Annotated and Illustrated catalogue of Cephalopod species known to date. Vol. 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae). FAO Spec. Cat. Fish. Purp. 4(1):262p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 1695)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
| FishSource | Sea Around Us
Tools
More information
PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 24.7 - 29.1, mean 28.2 (based on 1336 cells).
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.25).
Fishing Vulnerability
Moderate to high vulnerability (49 of 100).
Nutrients : Calcium = 126 [75, 177] mg/100g; Iron = 4.79 [1.67, 7.92] mg/100g; Protein = 15.5 [13.7, 17.4] %; Omega3 = 0.414 [0.262, 0.566] g/100g; Selenium = 57.8 [48.5, 67.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.97 [0.92, 3.02] mg/100g (wet weight); based on
nutrient studies.
