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Southern Shortfin Squid

Illex coindetii

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16 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Nova Scotia.January 422, February 359, March 517, April 650, May 1,077, June 937, July 1,503, August 949, September 764, October 810, November 534, December 482.
Canada12,592
Nova Scotia9,004
United States4,042
Alaska3,573
Quebec2,585
New Brunswick633
Maine438
Newfoundland and Labrador370
Texas11

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

Traits

Behavioral

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Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassCephalopods · Cephalopoda
OrderPelagic Squids · Oegopsida
FamilyFlying Squids · Ommastrephidae
GenusShortfin Squids · Illex

Sources

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