FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes Western

734 Cephalopods
List of species occurring in the area
The symbol is given when species accounts are included.
Metasepia pfefferi (Hoyle, 1885)
Sepia aculeata Férussac and d’Orbigny, 1848
Sepia andreana Steenstrup, 1875
Sepia apama Gray, 1849
Sepia bandensis Adam, 1939
Sepia bartletti (Iredale, 1954) 1/
[Sepia braggi Verco, 1907] 2/
Sepia brevimana Steenstrup, 1875
? Sepia carinata Sasaki, 19203/ Sepia cottoni Adam, 1979
Sepia cultrata Hoyle, 1885
Sepia elliptica Hoyle, 1885
Sepia esculenta Hoyle, 1885
Sepia kiensis Hoyle, 1885
Sepia kobiensis Hoyle, 1885
Sepia latimanus Quoy and Gaimard, 1832
? Sepia lorigera Wülker, 19103/ Sepia lycidas Gray, 1849
Sepia madokai Adam, 1939
Sepia mestus Gray, 1849
Sepia mira (Cotton, 1932) 1/
Sepia opipara (Iredale, 1926)
Sepia papuensis Hoyle, 1885
Sepia pharaonis Ehrenberg, 1831
Sepia plangon Gray, 1849
Sepia recurvirostra Steenstrup, 1875
Sepia rex (Iredale, 1926)
Sepia rozella (Iredale, 1926)
Sepia smithi Hoyle, 1885
Sepia stellifera Homenko and Khromov, 1984
Sepia sulcata Hoyle, 1885
Sepia vietnamica Khromov, 1987
Sepia vossi Khromov, 1996
Sepia whitleyana (Iredale, 1926)
Sepiella inermis Van Hasselt, 1835
? Sepiella japonica Sasaki, 19294/ Sepiella ocellata Pfeffer, 1884
Sepiella weberi Adam, 1939
Sepiella sp. 5/
1/ Uncertain status.
2/ Until recently believed to occur in the area. See footnote on species account to follow (p. 739).
3/ Unconfirmed records from Viet Nam.
4/ Species known as Sepiella maindroni in China. It is important in the fisheries of Japan, South Korea, and China.
Unconfirmed records from the Philippines.
5/ New species from northern Australia (A. Reid and C.C. Lu, submitted manuscript).