Histioteuthis

Histioteuthis is a genus of squid and the only member of the Histioteuthidae family. It goes by the common name cock-eyed squid, because in all species the right eye is normal-sized, round, blue and sunken; whereas the left eye is at least twice the diameter of the right eye, tubular, yellow-green, faces upward, and bulges out of the head.

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15 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Strawberry Cock-eyed Squid

speciesHistioteuthis heteropsis

Ornate Cock-eyed Squid

speciesHistioteuthis bonnellii

Elongated Cock-eyed Squid

speciesHistioteuthis reversa

Plain Cock-eyed Squid

speciesHistioteuthis macrohista

Pearly Cock-eyed Squid

speciesHistioteuthis meleagroteuthis

Histioteuthis corona

speciesHistioteuthis corona

Histioteuthis celetaria

speciesHistioteuthis celetaria

Histioteuthis cerasina

speciesHistioteuthis cerasina

Histioteuthis inermis

speciesHistioteuthis inermis

Histioteuthis oceani

speciesHistioteuthis oceani

Histioteuthis pacifica

speciesHistioteuthis pacifica

Histioteuthis atlantica

speciesHistioteuthis atlantica

Histioteuthis eltaninae

speciesHistioteuthis eltaninae

Common Cock-eyed Squid

speciesHistioteuthis miranda

Histioteuthis berryi

speciesHistioteuthis berryi

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 246428.