An unusually large specimen of neon flying squid, Ommastrephes bartramii (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae) caught in the Eastern Tropical Pacific

Authors: Guerra, Á. (Ángel); Pierce, G.J. (Graham John); Santos, M.B. (María Begoña); González, Á.F. (Ángel); Hernández, G.; Porteiro-Lago, C. (Carmen); Patiño-Alonso, B. (Baltasar);

handle: 10261/328889 , 10261/332163 , 10508/5832

An unusually large specimen of neon flying squid, Ommastrephes bartramii (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae) caught in the Eastern Tropical Pacific

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A specimen of the neon flying squid Ommastrephes bartramii (LeSueur, 1821) was caught using a surface longline in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean in October 2007. The animal was frozen whole on board and landed in Vigo, where it was defrosted and examined. The squid represents the largest specimen of this species yet recorded, with a mantle length of 102 cm (30+ kg), compared to the recorded maximum of 80 cm (25 kg). The specimen was a mature female, with an ovary weight of around 500 g. There appeared to be spermatangia stored in the buccal membrane. Its stomach contents included beaks of ommastrephid cephalopods and bones of a mackerel-like (scombrid) fish. Age of the animal is also studied

Poster.-- Cephalopod International Advisory Council Symposium. Vigo (Spain), 3-11 September 2009

G J Pierce was supported by the ANIMATE project (MEXC CT 2006 042337)

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Spain

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Spanish National Research Council
Spain
Spanish Institute of Oceanography
Spain

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Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo, Pesquerías

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