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Veined Squid

Loligo forbesii

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 2,835, February 2,094, March 3,280, April 5,161, May 7,441, June 8,114, July 8,683, August 7,467, September 5,482, October 4,092, November 2,236, December 1,748.
United States58,632
Alaska58,632
Algeria1
Tipaza1

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
GenusLoligo

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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