FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes Western

720 Cephalopods
Sepiadarium kochii Steenstrup, 1881
Frequent synonyms / misidentifications: Sepiadarium
malayense Robson, 1932 / None.
En - Koch’s bottle squid.
Maximum mantle length 20 mm. Mantle fused to
head dorsally and to base of both sides of
funnel ventrally. Fins small and in posterior
half of mantle. Internal shell absent. Tentacular
clubs with 8 rows of minute suckers. Arms
with 2 longitudinal rows of suckers near base,
changing to 4 longitudinal rows in last 20 transverse
rows. Left arm IV modified to form hectocotylus
of 18 to 20 fleshy low lamellae over
distal 60% of arm. Colour: spotted with large
white to orange spots over dorsal surfaces.
Found in coastal waters on soft sediments to
depths of at least 60 m. Found throughout Indo-
Malayan waters from India to Japan.
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Sepioloidea lineolata (Quoy and Gaimard, 1832)
Frequent synonyms / misidentifications: None / None.
En - Striped (or Tiger) dumpling squid.
Maximum mantle length 40 mm. Mantle fused to head
dorsally. Ventral mantle connected to funnel by cartilaginous
locking apparatus of dash-and-dot projections
fitting into corresponding double sockets. Fins
elongate and narrow, extending along majority of mantle
length. Anterior margin of mantle aperture on dorsal
mantle fringed with finger-like projections. Internal
shell absent. Tentacular clubs with minute suckers in 20
rows. Sides and ventral surfaces of head and mantle with
rounded raised bumps. Colour: white with many narrow
longitudinal stripes of pink to black on dorsal and
lateral surfaces. In shallow waters on sand or mud
substrates. Found in coastal waters of eastern, southern,
and western Australia.