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Japanese squid

Order Myopsida
Family Loliginidae

Marine cephalopod mollusc with mantle relatively small, stout, conico-cylindrical. Fins heart-shaped, about 50% of mantle length. Tentacular clubs expanded, lanceolate, the 12 enlarged medial manus suckers 2 or 3 times the diameter of marginal ones. Arms II and III enlarged, thickened, largest sucker rings large with 10 to 13 low, broad, blunt teeth; left arm IV hectocotylized in distal half to two-thirds by sucker stalks modified into papillae, most with minute, rudimentary suckers on tips; papillae of ventral row especially swollen, somewhat flattened; papillae of dorsal row more elongate, separate, conical. Maximum mantle length 12 cm.

Characteristics
FAO code
OJJ
Specie
Loligo japonica
Type
Molluscs
FAO Fishing Areas
  • Area 61: the Northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean
Fishing seasons
feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec
International denominations
China 日本枪乌贼
France Calmar japonais
Italy Calamaro del Pacifico
United Kingdom Japanese squid
Japan Hiika
Fishing areas
Fishing arts
Gillnets
Trawls

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