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The Oegopsida are an often pelagic squid, with some nerito-oceanic species associated with sea mounts. [4] They consist of 24 families and 69 genera. They have these characters in common: the head is without tentacle pockets, eyes lack a corneal covering, arms and tentacle clubs may have hooks, the buccal supports are without suckers, and ...
Sepioteuthis australis, commonly known as the southern calamari [3] or the southern reef squid, [4] is a species of reef squid that is native to oceans off the coast of Australia and New Zealand. This species is caught commercially by trawling, as bycatch in the prawn fishing industry and by recreational anglers.
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The freshwater hatchetfish are a family, Gasteropelecidae, of ray-finned fish from South and Central America. The common hatchetfish is the most popular member among fish keeping hobbyists. The family includes three genera : Carnegiella (four species), Gasteropelecus (three species), and Thoracocharax (two species).
Japanese flying squid Todarodes pacificus: Wild 351,229 Argentine shortfin squid Illex argentinus: Wild 340,622 Pollock Pollachius virens: Wild 336,838 Chinese softshell turtle Pelodiscus sinensis: Cultivated 335,535 This species is a significant part of China's aquaculture.
None of them can tolerate fresh water, but the brief squid, Lolliguncula brevis, found in Chesapeake Bay, is a notable partial exception in that it tolerates brackish water. [9] Cephalopods are thought to be unable to live in fresh water due to multiple biochemical constraints, and in their >400 million year existence have never ventured into ...
Colours of European common squid. Alloteuthis subulata has a long, narrow mantle with a long tail which is pointed in adult females and even longer and rather spike-like in adult males. The fins are rhomboid-shaped, with pointed sides, and their rear ends are concave and extend along the tail. The short tentacles are delicate, with small ...
Heterololigo is a monotypic genus of squids containing the single species Heterololigo bleekeri.It was formerly classified in the genus Loligo; some authors still include it there, but DNA evidence supports its separation into a genus of its own. [2]