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Flying Squids
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Flying Squids

Ommastrephidae

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, comprises around half of the world's cephalopod catch annually.

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5 branches of this family, most-observed first

Shortfin Squids

subfamilyIllicinae

Ommastrephinae

subfamilyOmmastrephinae

Todarodinae

subfamilyTodarodinae

Ornithoteuthinae

subfamilyOrnithoteuthinae

Todaropsinae

subfamilyTodaropsinae

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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 83316.