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The Japanese flying squid, Japanese common squid or Pacific flying squid, [3] scientific name Todarodes pacificus, is a squid of the family Ommastrephidae.This animal lives in the northern Pacific Ocean, in the area surrounding Japan, along the entire coast of China up to Russia, then spreading across the Bering Strait east towards the southern coast of Alaska and Canada.
The Japanese flying squid (Todarodes pacificus), for example, has three populations that breed in winter, summer, and autumn. The winter spawning group is associated with the Kuroshio Current, because following spawning events in January to April in the East China Sea the larvae and juveniles travel north with the Kuroshio Current.
Ommastrephidae is a family of squid containing three subfamilies, 11 genera, and over 20 species.They are widely distributed globally and are extensively fished for food. One species, Todarodes pacificus, comprised around half of the world's cephalopod catch annua
The winter spawning Japanese flying squid are associated with the Kuroshio Current. The eggs and larvae develop during winter in the East China Sea and the adults travel with minimum energy via the Kuroshio Current to the rich northern feeding grounds near northwestern Honshu and Hokkaido. [12]
Nototodarus gouldi, Gould's flying squid; Nototodarus hawaiiensis, Hawaiian flying squid; Nototodarus sloanii, Wellington flying squid or New Zealand arrow squid; Genus Todarodes. Todarodes angolensis, Angola flying squid; Todarodes filippovae, Antarctic flying squid; Todarodes pacificus, Japanese flying squid or Japanese common squid
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Articles relating to the Todarodes, a genus of flying squid from the subfamily Todarodinae, of which it is the type genus. The genus contains five species which are partially allopatric, but between them their distributions encompass most of the world's oceans and seas.
Prehistoric flying reptiles lived on a diet of small fish and squid, the latest scientific research has shown. Researcher Dr Roy Smith said stomach contents discovered in fossils were the "smoking ...