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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Cephalopoda (class) » Myopsida (order) » Loliginidae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 23 617002 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Heterololigo bleekeri (Keferstein, 1866) |
| CAAB category: | 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc. | |
| Family: | Loliginidae (calamaries, inshore squids) - show full list | |
| Common Name: | spear squid | |
| Common Names List: | spear squid | |
| Recent Synonyms: | Loligo bleekeri Photololigo bleekeri | |
| Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
 Special purpose listing - see taxon notes Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: | |
| Regions: |
Tropical Indo-West Pacific | |
| Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
| Parent Codes: |
23 617906
Heterololigo spp. | |
| Organism Type: | a squid |
| Taxon Notes: | This species is native to Japan, Korea and eastern China, and is widely imported as seafood. Any records of this species from Australasian waters are mis-identifications of other species, and need to be re-examined to determine their true identity. This code replaces previous (interim) CAAB code 00 620004 (FISHLIST 620004). | ||||
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| Record source: | Jereb, P. Vecchione, M. Roper, C.F.E., 2010. Squids. Family Loliginidae. In: Jereb, P. Roper, C.F.E., Editors, Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and oegopsid squids.. FAO Species Catalogue for Fisheries Purposes., No. 4, Vol. 2: 38-117. FAO, Rome |
| Scientific Name verified against: | WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ. |