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Sepia aculeata   Van Hasselt, 1835

Needle cuttlefish

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Ryukyu Islands country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments:
National Checklist:
Country Information: ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryukyu_Island
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Norman, M.D. and C.C. Lu, 2000
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Cephalopoda > Sepiida () > Sepiidae (cuttlefishes)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 0 - 60 m (Ref. 275), usually 5 - 20 m (Ref. 275).   Tropical; 41°N - 6°S, 69°E - 138°E (Ref. 1695)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific: Southern India to Japan and the Philippines.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 9.5, range 10 - 12 cm Max length : 23.0 cm ML male/unsexed; (Ref. 275); max. published weight: 1.3 kg (Ref. 1695)

Short description Morphology

Mantle about half as broad as long; tentacular club long, slender with 10-12 minute, subequal suckers in each row across the club in males, 13-14 suckers across in females, club protective membranes not united, extending proximally along oral face of stalk as lo ridges, Left arm IV hectocotylized: about 12 normal suckers (3 series) proximally followed by about 5 or 6 series of very small suckers in ventral longitudinal rows, corresponding suckers of dorsal longitudinal rows extremely minute (or absent) in a deep, smooth groove, suckers normal distally, Color: dorsal mantle with a fine, dark-pigmented, transverse, reticulate color pattern, a pale reflective line along bases of fins (Ref. 275).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Usually caught using otter trawls. Pair trawls are used for offshore fishing and smaller catches and to a lesser extent, squid light-lures and traps. Push nets and lift nets are used for inshore and coastal fishing (Ref. 346). Commercially caught from Gulf of Thailand and Andaman Sea (Ref. 1695).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the class Cephalopoda are gonochoric. Male and female adults usually die shortly after spawning and brooding, respectively. Mating behavior: Males perform various displays to attract potential females for copulation. During copulation, male grasp the female and inserts the hectocotylus into the female's mantle cavity where fertilization usually occurs. Life cycle: Embryos hatch into planktonic stage and live for some time before they grow larger and take up a benthic existence as adults.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Jereb, P. and C.F.E. Roper (eds.). 2005. (Ref. 1695)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 11 March 2009

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 18.9 - 29.2, mean 28.5 (based on 728 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278) High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.4-1.49).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (12 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): High.