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Bone squid

Doryteuthis pealeii (Lesueur, 1821)

Status not recordedoctopus and squid

The bone squid (Doryteuthis pealeii) is a species in the family Loliginidae, order Myopsida.

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Quick facts about the bone squid

Weight
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Length
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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 bone squid live?

Not recorded

Is the bone squid 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 bone squid classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classCephalopoda
  4. orderMyopsida
  5. familyLoliginidae
  6. genusDoryteuthis
  7. SpeciesDoryteuthis pealeii (Lesueur, 1821)

Synonyms Doryteuthis pealeii, Loligo pallida, Loligo pealei borealis, Loligo pealeii, Loligo pealeii var. borealis, Loligo pealeii var. pallida, Loligo pealii, Loligo punctata

Other names and names in other languages (23)
  • Atlantic long-fin squidEnglish
  • Atlantic long-finned squidEnglish
  • Common squidEnglish
  • Long-finned inshore squidEnglish
  • Longfin inshore squidEnglish
  • Summer squidEnglish
  • Woods hole squidEnglish
  • oliheň šelfováCzech
  • Langfinnet loligoDanish
  • Langflossen schelfkalmarGerman
  • Calamar pálidoSpanish
  • Calmar à longues nageoires de l'AtlantiqueFrench
  • Calamaro atlanticoItalian
  • アメリカケンサキイカJapanese
  • LangvinpijlinktvisDutch
  • kałamarnica długopłetwaPolish
  • Lula pálidaPortuguese
  • Восточноамериканский лолигоRussian
  • kalmar americkýSlovak
  • Langflossen-schelfkalmarGerman
  • Nordamerikanischer kalmarGerman
  • Calamar de BostonSpanish
  • Calmar totamFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the bone squid

Other species in the same genus Doryteuthis.

Arrow squid

Doryteuthis pleii

LoliginidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the bone squid?

The bone squid (Doryteuthis pealeii) belongs to the family Loliginidae in the order Myopsida.

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Bone squid (Doryteuthis pealeii). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bone-squid

MLA

“Bone squid (Doryteuthis pealeii).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/bone-squid.

BibTeX
@misc{bone_squid_2026,
  title = {Bone squid (Doryteuthis pealeii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bone-squid},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}