FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes Western

Loliginidae 779
Uroteuthis bartschi Rehder, 1945
Frequent synonyms / misidentifications: None / None.
FAO names: En - Bartsch’s squid; Fr - Calmar tépo;
Sp - Calamarete.
Diagnostic characters: Mantle very narrow, elongate,
with very long, pointed tail, more pronounced in males.
Fins rhomboidal, their lateral angles rounded, posterior borders
concave, generally extending the entire length of tail
but sometimes as only a minute membrane. Head relatively
small, narrow. Arm suckers with broad, plate-like teeth in the
distal margin, smooth proximally; large medial tentacular
suckers with long square-tipped teeth. Left arm IV hectocotylized
in distal half by abrupt transformation of suckers
into long, stout papillae.
Size: Maximum mantle length 200 mm.
Habitat, biology, and fisheries: A neritic species; upper
and lower limit of depth range undetermined. Taken as
bycatch in local trawl and net fisheries in Indonesia and the
Philippines. Utilized mostly fresh.
Distribution: Western Pacific Ocean: in Philippine and Indonesian
waters.
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dorsal view
of female
(after Voss, 1963)
dorsal view
of male