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Akaika

Ommastrephes bartramii (Lesueur, 1821)

Status not recordedoctopus and squid

The akaika (Ommastrephes bartramii) is a species in the family Ommastrephidae, order Oegopsida.

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Quick facts about the akaika

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the akaika live?

Not recorded

Is the akaika endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the akaika classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classCephalopoda
  4. orderOegopsida
  5. familyOmmastrephidae
  6. genusOmmastrephes
  7. SpeciesOmmastrephes bartramii (Lesueur, 1821)

Synonyms Loligo bartramii, Loligo touchardii, Ommastrephes bartrami, Ommastrephes caroli stenobrachium, Ommatostrephes bartramii, Stenoteuthis bartrami, Sthenoteuthis bartramii

Other names and names in other languages (23)
  • Neon flying squidEnglish
  • Red flying squidEnglish
  • Red squidEnglish
  • FlugkalmarGerman
  • Calmar volant rougeFrench
  • דיונון-מעופףHebrew
  • Todaro neroItalian
  • アカイカJapanese
  • 빨강오징어Korean
  • Purperen PijlinktvisDutch
  • Кальмар БартрамаRussian
  • rdeči leteči ligenjSlovenian
  • silvrig flygbläckfiskSwedish
  • 赤魷Chinese
  • Fliegender KalmarGerman
  • PfeilkalmarGerman
  • Roter FlugkalmarGerman
  • Calamaro volante neroItalian
  • Calamaro volante rossoItalian
  • Totano neroItalian
  • Totano rossoItalian
  • 巴氏柔魚Chinese
  • Bā-Shì-Róu-YúChinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the akaika

Other species in the same genus Ommastrephes.

CompareAkaika vs Ommastrephes brevimanusAkaika vs Webbed flying squidAkaika vs Ommastrephes cylindraceus

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

What kind of animal is the akaika?

The akaika (Ommastrephes bartramii) belongs to the family Ommastrephidae in the order Oegopsida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Akaika (Ommastrephes bartramii). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/akaika

MLA

“Akaika (Ommastrephes bartramii).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/akaika.

BibTeX
@misc{akaika_2026,
  title = {Akaika (Ommastrephes bartramii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/akaika},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}