FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes Western

Ommastrephidae 791
9a. Arms with less than 30 transverse rows of biserial suckers; skin appears rough (Fig. 11)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nototodarus hawaiiensis
9b. Arms with more than 35 transverse rows of biserial suckers; skin appears smooth
(Fig. 12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nototodarus gouldi
dorsal view
Fig. 9 Todaropsis
eblanae
List of species occurring in the area
The symbol is given when species accounts are included.
Eucleoteuthis luminosa (Sasaki, 1915)
Hyaloteuthis pelagica (Bosc, 1802)
Nototodarus gouldi (McCoy, 1888)
Nototodarus hawaiiensis (Berry, 1912)
Ommastrephes bartramii (Lesueur, 1821)
Ornithoteuthis volatilis (Sasaki, 1915)
Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis (Lesson, 1830)
Todarodes pacificus Steenstrup, 1880
Todaropsis eblanae (Ball, 1841)
dorsal view
Fig. 10 Todarodes
pacificus
(illustration: K.Hollis/ABRS)
dorsal view
Fig. 11 Nototodarus
hawaiiensis
ventral view
Fig. 12 Nototodarus
gouldi
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