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Family: Enoploteuthidae enope squids (See list of species below)

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42 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Abralia andamanica []	No picture found Abralia armata []	No picture found Abralia astrolineata []
No picture found Abralia astrosticta []	No picture found Abralia dubia []	No picture found Abralia fasciolata []
No picture found Abralia grimpei [Enope squid]	No picture found Abralia heminuchalis [Cephalopods]	No picture found Abralia marisarabica []
No picture found Abralia multihamata []	No picture found Abralia redfieldi [Redfield's enope squid]	No picture found Abralia renschi []
No picture found Abralia robsoni []	No picture found Abralia siedleckyi []	No picture found Abralia similis []
No picture found Abralia spaercki []	No picture found Abralia steindachneri []	No picture found Abralia trigonura []
Abralia veranyi [Eye-flash squid]	No picture found Abraliopsis affinis []	No picture found Abraliopsis atlantica [Atlantic firefly squid]
No picture found Abraliopsis chuni []	No picture found Abraliopsis falco []	No picture found Abraliopsis felis []
No picture found Abraliopsis gilchristi [Gilchrist's firefly squid]	No picture found Abraliopsis hoylei [Hoyle's enope squid]	No picture found Abraliopsis lineata []
No picture found Abraliopsis morisii [Pfeffer's firefly squid]	No picture found Abraliopsis pacificus []	Abraliopsis pfefferi [Pfeffer's enope squid]
No picture found Abraliopsis tui []	No picture found Enoploteuthis anapsis [Starlit enope squid]	No picture found Enoploteuthis chunii []
No picture found Enoploteuthis galaxias []	No picture found Enoploteuthis higginsi []	No picture found Enoploteuthis jonesi []
No picture found Enoploteuthis leptura [Hooked enope squid]	No picture found Enoploteuthis obliqua []	No picture found Enoploteuthis octolineata []
No picture found Enoploteuthis reticulata []	No picture found Enoploteuthis semilineata []	No picture found Watasenia scintillans [Sparkling enope squid]

42 Species of Family Enoploteuthidae
(enope squids)

Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Abralia andamanica		Indo-Pacific.	6 ML
Abralia armata		Western Central Pacific	7 ML
Abralia astrolineata		Southwest Pacific	10 ML
Abralia astrosticta		Pacific Ocean.	4 ML
Abralia dubia		Western Indian Ocean.	7 ML
Abralia fasciolata		Western Indian Ocean.	7 ML
Abralia grimpei	Enope squid	Western Atlantic	2.5 ML
Abralia heminuchalis	Cephalopods	Central equatorial Pacifi	4 ML
Abralia marisarabica		Western Indian Ocean.	3 ML
Abralia multihamata		Northwest Pacific	3 ML
Abralia redfieldi	Redfield's enope squid	Amphi-Atlantic	4 ML
Abralia renschi		Eastern Indian Ocean.	7 ML
Abralia robsoni		Northwest Pacific.	7 ML
Abralia siedleckyi		Southeast Atlantic.	7 ML
Abralia similis		Western Pacific.	3 ML
Abralia spaercki		Western Central Pacific.	7 ML
Abralia steindachneri		Indo-West Pacific	5 ML
Abralia trigonura		Eastern Central Pacific	4 ML
Abralia veranyi	Eye-flash squid	Atlantic Ocean and the Me	4.9 ML
Abraliopsis affinis		Eastern Pacific.	4 ML
Abraliopsis atlantica	Atlantic firefly squid	Atlantic Ocean.	3.3 ML
Abraliopsis chuni		Western Indian Ocean.	7 ML
Abraliopsis falco		Pacific Ocean and Western	4.5 ML
Abraliopsis felis		Eastern Pacific	5 ML
Abraliopsis gilchristi	Gilchrist's firefly squid	Southwest Pacific and Sou	5.7 ML
Abraliopsis hoylei	Hoyle's enope squid	Indo-West Pacific and Nor	7 ML
Abraliopsis lineata		Indo-West Pacific	2.7 ML
Abraliopsis morisii	Pfeffer's firefly squid	Eastern Atlantic, USSR an	7 ML
Abraliopsis pacificus		Pacific Ocean and the Hig	4 ML
Abraliopsis pfefferi	Pfeffer's enope squid	Atlantic Ocean	7 ML
Abraliopsis tui		Southwest Pacific	7 ML
Enoploteuthis anapsis	Starlit enope squid	Atlantic Ocean.	7.9 ML
Enoploteuthis chunii		Western Pacific.	10 ML
Enoploteuthis galaxias		Southwest Pacific.
Enoploteuthis higginsi		Eastern Central Pacific.
Enoploteuthis jonesi		Pacific Ocean.
Enoploteuthis leptura	Hooked enope squid	Atlantic Ocean.	9.2 ML
Enoploteuthis obliqua		Eastern Central Pacific.
Enoploteuthis octolineata		Eastern Central Pacific.
Enoploteuthis reticulata		Indo-Pacific.	13 ML
Enoploteuthis semilineata		Southwest Pacific.
Watasenia scintillans	Sparkling enope squid	Northwest Pacific	7 ML

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