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Bigfin reef squid
Sepioteuthis lessoniana
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 220317, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Bigfin reef squid
- Scientific
- Sepioteuthis lessoniana
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Maximum size
- Up to about 40.1 cm (mantle length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 100 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The bigfin reef squid has a broad, oval body with fins running almost its whole length, giving it a cuttlefish-like outline. It is often seen at night or at dusk in small groups over reefs, seagrass and lagoons, flashing colours as it hunts small fish and shrimps.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=90, 62 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Sepioteuthis-lessoniana.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220317
- inaturalist.org /taxa/121187
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Calamar_de_arrecifes_(Sepioteuthis_lessoniana),_Nosy_Iranja
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.