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Longfin Inshore Squid

Doryteuthis pealeii

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27 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Maine.January 75, February 61, March 74, April 145, May 358, June 268, July 214, August 178, September 171, October 135, November 68, December 64.
United States8,355
Maine1,810
Canada1,552
North Carolina1,121
New York1,101
Virginia1,070
New Jersey992
Massachusetts963
Nova Scotia621
New Brunswick534

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

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Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassCephalopods · Cephalopoda
OrderInshore Squids · Myopsida
FamilyPencil Squids · Loliginidae
GenusDoryteuthis

Sources

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Practise Longfin Inshore Squid with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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