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But he identified the kraken as a cephalopod and devoted much space on Pliny's and Olaus' descriptions of the giant "polypus", [192] noting that Olaus had represented the kraken-polypus as a crayfish or lobster in his illustrations, [193] and even reproducing the images from both Olaus' book [194] [182] [183] [y] and his map.
O'Shea (2003b) put the maximum weight of female giant squid at 275 kg (606 lb), based on the examination of some 105 specimens as well as beaks recovered from sperm whales (which do not exceed the size of those found in the largest complete specimens; some of the heaviest recent specimens include #491 and 524).
A very large mature female of Onykia robsoni with a mantle length of 88.5 cm (2.90 ft) and total weight of 11.1 kg (24 lb) Lepidoteuthis grimaldii female measuring 61.7 cm (2.02 ft) in mantle length and weighing 4.07 kg (9.0 lb), from the Chatham Rise off New Zealand (note the prominent dermal cushions, likely used for buoyancy) The maximum ...
Although it is unclear what the maximum weight for colossal squids is, analysis of squid beak dimensions from sperm whale stomachs provided estimates that colossal squids may weigh up to 700 kg or 1,500 lb. [5] [6] The colossal squid also has the largest eyes documented in the animal kingdom, with a diameter of 27–30 cm (11–12 in). [30] [31]
The minnow family (which includes carp), Cyprinidae, is the largest family of vertebrates, with over 2400 species known today. [96] The largest species is the giant barb (Catlocarpio siamensis), which is endemic to three river basins in southeast Asia and reaches a size of as much as 3 m (9.8 ft) and a weight of as much as 300 kg (660 lb). [97]
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One of the series of images of a live giant squid taken by Kubodera and Mori in 2004 On 27 September 2005, Kubodera and Mori released the photographs to the world. The photo sequence, taken at a depth of 900 metres (3,000 ft) off Japan's Ogasawara Islands , shows the squid homing in on the baited line and enveloping it in "a ball of tentacles".
The relative weight (W r) of an individual fish is its actual weight divided by its standard weight, times 100%. [8] A fish of "normal" weight has a relative weight of 100 percent. The relative weight of a fish does not indicate its health on a continuous scale from 0 -100%, however.