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Loliolus Japonica, the Japanese squid, is a species of squid from the family Loliginidae. As the name suggests, it lives around Japan, but has also been found around Vietnam and China. [2] They are pelagic, living 1–30 m (3 ft 3 in – 98 ft 5 in) down in the ocean. [2] At a restaurant in Beijing, China
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.
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
The following species are members of Todarodes, with their vernacular names: [1] [3] Todarodes angolensis Adam, 1962 Angolan flying squid; Todarodes filippovae Adam, 1975 Antarctic flying squid; Todarodes pacificus (Steenstrup, 1880) Japanese flying squid; Todarodes pusillus Dunning, 1988 little flying squid; Todarodes sagittatus (Lamarck, 1798 ...
Sepiolina nipponensis, also known as the Japanese bobtail squid, is a bobtail squid and one of two species in the genus Sepiolina.It is found in the Western Pacific in apparently widely separated populations, the most southerly of which is in the Great Australian Bight in South Australia and Western Australia, and there are populations from the Philippines northwards to Taiwan, Fujian and ...
This squid is caught for food off the coast of Japan. [9] It lays its eggs on the underside of submerged objects. In order to increase catches, artificial substrates have been installed along the coast of Japan to provide more egg-laying sites. [3] This species is important in biological research. Its mitochondrial genome has been sequenced. [10]
The firefly squid is a predator and actively hunts its food, which includes copepods, small fish, and other squids. [3] The lifespan of a firefly squid is about one year. At the end of their lives, females return close to shore to release their eggs and then die shortly thereafter. This mass migration of firefly squid to the shore is a ...
A Humboldt squid that washed up on a Santa Barbara shoreline. The Humboldt squid lives at depths of 200 to 700 m (660 to 2,300 ft) in the eastern Pacific (Notably in Chile and Peru), ranging from Tierra del Fuego north to California. Recently, the squid have been appearing farther north, as far as British Columbia. [11]