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Family: Sepiidae cuttlefishes

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Acanthosepion pharaonis
[Pharaoh cuttlefish]

Photo by Harasti, David

Ascarosepion latimanus
[Broadclub cuttlefish]

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Aurosepina arabica
[Arabian cuttlefish]

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Doratosepion kobiense
[Kobi cuttlefish]

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Erythalassa trygonina
[Trident cuttlefish]

Photo by Quimpo, Fra-and Timothy

Metasepia pfefferi
[Flamboyant cuttlefish]

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Metasepia tullbergi
[Paintpot cuttlefish]

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Rhombosepion elegans
[Elegant cuttlefish]

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Rhombosepion omani
[Oman cuttlefish]

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Rhombosepion orbignyanum
[Pink cuttlefish]

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Rhombosepion prashadi
[Hooded cuttlefish]

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Sepia aculeata
[Needle cuttlefish]

No picture found

Max. Length 12 cm ML

Sepia acuminata
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 5.9 cm ML

Sepia adami
[]

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Sepia andreana
[Andrea cuttlefish]

No picture found

Sepia angulata
[]

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Sepia apama
[Australian giant cuttlefish]

No picture found

Max. Length 9 cm ML

Sepia appellofi
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 16 cm ML

Sepia aureomaculata
[]

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Sepia australis
[Southern cuttlefish]

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Sepia bandensis
[Stumpy cuttlefish]

No picture found

Max. Length 7.4 cm ML

Sepia bartletti
[Bartlett's cuttlefish]

No picture found

Max. Length 8 cm ML

Sepia bathyalis
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 7.4 cm ML

Sepia baxteri
[]

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Sepia bertheloti
[African cuttlefish]

No picture found

Max. Length 5.7 cm ML

Sepia bidhaia
[]

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Sepia braggi
[Slender cuttlefish]

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Sepia brevimana
[Shortclub cuttlefish]

No picture found

Max. Length 9 cm ML

Sepia burnupi
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 6 cm ML

Sepia carinata
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 20 cm ML

Sepia chirotrema
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 15 cm ML

Sepia confusa
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 5.5 cm ML

Sepia cottoni
[Cotton's cuttlefish]

Photo by Grist, John and Maria

Sepia cultrata
[Knifebone cuttlefish]

No picture found

Sepia dannevigi
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 11 cm ML

Sepia dollfusi
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 1.7 cm ML

Sepia dubia
[]

Photo by FAO

Sepia elliptica
[Ovalbone cuttlefish]

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Sepia elobyana
[Guinean cuttlefish]

No picture found

Max. Length 9.7 cm ML

Sepia elongata
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 9 cm ML

Sepia erostrata
[]

Photo by FAO

Sepia esculenta
[Golden cuttlefish]

No picture found

Max. Length 2.1 cm ML

Sepia faurei
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 7 cm ML

Sepia filibrachia
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 11 cm ML

Sepia foliopeza
[]

No picture found

Sepia furcata
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 10 cm ML

Sepia gibba
[]

Photo by FAO

Sepia grahami
[Ken's cuttlefish]

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Sepia hedleyi
[]

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Sepia hieronis
[Bullet cuttlefish]

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Sepia hierredda
[Giant african cuttlefish]

No picture found

Sepia hirunda
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 15 cm ML

Sepia incerta
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 6 cm ML

Sepia insignis
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 10 cm ML

Sepia irvingi
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 7 cm ML

Sepia ivanovi
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 6.4 cm ML

Sepia joubini
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 3.7 cm ML

Sepia kiensis
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 6.8 cm ML

Sepia koilados
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 4.2 cm ML

Sepia limata
[]

Photo by FAO

Sepia longipes
[Longarm cuttlefish]

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Sepia lorigera
[Spider cuttlefish]

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Sepia lycidas
[Kisslip cuttlefish]

Photo by FAO

Sepia madokai
[Madokai's cuttlefish]

No picture found

Max. Length 12.4 cm ML

Sepia mascarensis
[]

Photo by Harasti, David

Sepia mestus
[Reaper cuttlefish]

No picture found

Max. Length 5.5 cm ML

Sepia mira
[Little cuttlefish]

No picture found

Max. Length 7 cm ML

Sepia mirabilis
[]

Photo by FAO

Sepia murrayi
[Frog cuttlefish]

No picture found

Max. Length 7.7 cm ML

Sepia novaehollandiae
[]

Photo by Coudre, Christian

Sepia officinalis
[Common cuttlefish]

Photo by FAO

Sepia opipara
[Magnificent cuttlefish]

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Sepia papillata
[Wrinkled cuttlefish]

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Sepia papuensis
[Papuan cuttlefish]

No picture found

Sepia pardalis
[]

No picture found

Sepia pardex
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 12 cm ML

Sepia peterseni
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 5.3 cm ML

Sepia plana
[]

Photo by Harasti, David

Sepia plangon
[Striking cuttlefish]

No picture found

Max. Length 6.3 cm ML

Sepia plathyconchalis
[]

Photo by FAO

Sepia prabahari
[Small striped cuttlefish]

No picture found

Max. Length 2.2 cm ML

Sepia pulchra
[]

Photo by FAO

Sepia ramani
[]

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Sepia recurvirostra
[Curvespine cuttlefish]

No picture found

Max. Length 4.5 cm ML

Sepia reesi
[]

No picture found

Sepia rex
[King cuttlefish]

No picture found

Max. Length 6.1 cm ML

Sepia rhoda
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm ML

Sepia robsoni
[]

Photo by FAO

Sepia rozella
[Rosecone cuttlefish]

Photo by FAO

Sepia savignyi
[Broadback cuttlefish]

No picture found

Max. Length 9 cm ML

Sepia saya
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 8.3 cm ML

Sepia senta
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm ML

Sepia sewelli
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 18.5 cm ML

Sepia simoniana
[]

Photo by FAO

Sepia smithi
[Smith's cuttlefish]

No picture found

Max. Length 8 cm ML

Sepia sokotriensis
[]

Photo by FAO

Sepia stellifera
[Starry cuttlefish]

No picture found

Max. Length 6 cm ML

Sepia subplana
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 9.4 cm ML

Sepia subtenuipes
[]

Photo by FAO

Sepia sulcata
[Grooved cuttlefish]

No picture found

Max. Length 8 cm ML

Sepia tala
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 5.1 cm ML

Sepia tanybracheia
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 10.5 cm ML

Sepia tenuipes
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 11 cm ML

Sepia thurstoni
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 9 cm ML

Sepia tokioensis
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 8.2 cm ML

Sepia tuberculata
[Tuberculate cuttlefish]

No picture found

Max. Length 2.6 cm ML

Sepia typica
[]

No picture found

Sepia vecchioni
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 4.6 cm ML

Sepia vercoi
[]

Photo by FAO

Sepia vermiculata
[Patchwork cuttlefish]

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Sepia vietnamica
[Viet nam cuttlefish]

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Sepia vossi
[Voss' cuttlefish]

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Sepia whitleyana
[Whitley's cuttlefish]

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Sepia zanzibarica
[Zanzibar cuttlefish]

No picture found

Max. Length 8 cm ML

Sepiella cyanea
[]

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Sepiella inermis
[Spineless cuttlefish]

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Sepiella japonica
[Japanese spineless cuttlefish]

No picture found

Max. Length 5.9 cm ML

Sepiella mangkangunga
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 5 cm ML

Sepiella ocellata
[Spotty cuttlefish]

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Sepiella ornata
[Ornate cuttlefish]

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Sepiella weberi
[Web's cuttlefish]

Scientific Name Acanthosepion pharaonis Ascarosepion latimanus Aurosepina arabica Doratosepion kobiense Erythalassa trygonina Metasepia pfefferi Metasepia tullbergi Rhombosepion elegans Rhombosepion omani Rhombosepion orbignyanum Rhombosepion prashadi Sepia aculeata Sepia acuminata Sepia adami Sepia andreana Sepia angulata Sepia apama Sepia appellofi Sepia aureomaculata Sepia australis Sepia bandensis Sepia bartletti Sepia bathyalis Sepia baxteri Sepia bertheloti Sepia bidhaia Sepia braggi Sepia brevimana Sepia burnupi Sepia carinata Sepia chirotrema Sepia confusa Sepia cottoni Sepia cultrata Sepia dannevigi Sepia dollfusi Sepia dubia Sepia elliptica Sepia elobyana Sepia elongata Sepia erostrata Sepia esculenta Sepia faurei Sepia filibrachia Sepia foliopeza Sepia furcata Sepia gibba Sepia grahami Sepia hedleyi Sepia hieronis Sepia hierredda Sepia hirunda Sepia incerta Sepia insignis Sepia irvingi Sepia ivanovi Sepia joubini Sepia kiensis Sepia koilados Sepia limata Sepia longipes Sepia lorigera Sepia lycidas Sepia madokai Sepia mascarensis Sepia mestus Sepia mira Sepia mirabilis Sepia murrayi Sepia novaehollandiae Sepia officinalis Sepia opipara Sepia papillata Sepia papuensis Sepia pardalis Sepia pardex Sepia peterseni Sepia plana Sepia plangon Sepia plathyconchalis Sepia prabahari Sepia pulchra Sepia ramani Sepia recurvirostra Sepia reesi Sepia rex Sepia rhoda Sepia robsoni Sepia rozella Sepia savignyi Sepia saya Sepia senta Sepia sewelli Sepia simoniana Sepia smithi Sepia sokotriensis Sepia stellifera Sepia subplana Sepia subtenuipes Sepia sulcata Sepia tala Sepia tanybracheia Sepia tenuipes Sepia thurstoni Sepia tokioensis Sepia tuberculata Sepia typica Sepia vecchioni Sepia vercoi Sepia vermiculata Sepia vietnamica Sepia vossi Sepia whitleyana Sepia zanzibarica Sepiella cyanea Sepiella inermis Sepiella japonica Sepiella mangkangunga Sepiella ocellata Sepiella ornata Sepiella weberi	English Name African cuttlefish Andrea cuttlefish Arabian cuttlefish Australian giant cuttlefish Bartlett's cuttlefish Broadback cuttlefish Broadclub cuttlefish Bullet cuttlefish Common cuttlefish Cotton's cuttlefish Curvespine cuttlefish Elegant cuttlefish Flamboyant cuttlefish Frog cuttlefish Giant african cuttlefish Golden cuttlefish Grooved cuttlefish Guinean cuttlefish Hooded cuttlefish Japanese spineless cuttlefish Ken's cuttlefish King cuttlefish Kisslip cuttlefish Knifebone cuttlefish Kobi cuttlefish Little cuttlefish Longarm cuttlefish Madokai's cuttlefish Magnificent cuttlefish Needle cuttlefish Oman cuttlefish Ornate cuttlefish Ovalbone cuttlefish Paintpot cuttlefish Papuan cuttlefish Patchwork cuttlefish Pharaoh cuttlefish Pink cuttlefish Reaper cuttlefish Rosecone cuttlefish Shortclub cuttlefish Slender cuttlefish Small striped cuttlefish Smith's cuttlefish Southern cuttlefish Spider cuttlefish Spineless cuttlefish Spotty cuttlefish Starry cuttlefish Striking cuttlefish Stumpy cuttlefish Trident cuttlefish Tuberculate cuttlefish Viet nam cuttlefish Voss' cuttlefish Web's cuttlefish Whitley's cuttlefish Wrinkled cuttlefish Zanzibar cuttlefish	Distribution Central Pacific Eastern Atlantic Eastern Atlantic and the Eastern Atlantic to Weste Eastern Central Atlantic Eastern Indian Ocean Eastern Indian Ocean. Eastern Indian Ocean and Indian Ocean Indian Ocean. Indo-Pacific Indo-Pacific. Indo-West Pacific Indo-West Pacific. Indo-West Pacific and the Northwest Pacific Northwest Pacific. Southeast Atlantic Southeast Atlantic and No Southeast Atlantic and We Southwest Pacific Southwest Pacific. Western Central Pacific Western Indian Ocean Western Indian Ocean. Western Pacific Western Pacific.	Max. Length 1.7 ML 2 ML 2.1 ML 2.2 ML 2.6 ML 3 ML 3.7 ML 4.1 ML 4.2 ML 4.5 ML 4.6 ML 5 ML 5.1 ML 5.3 ML 5.5 ML 5.7 ML 5.9 ML 6 ML 6.1 ML 6.3 ML 6.4 ML 6.8 ML 7 ML 7.4 ML 7.7 ML 8 ML 8.2 ML 8.3 ML 8.5 ML 8.8 ML 8.9 ML 9 ML 9.4 ML 9.7 ML 10 ML 10.5 ML 10.8 ML 11 ML 12 ML 12.4 ML 12.5 ML 13 ML 13.5 ML 14 ML 15 ML 16 ML 17 ML 17.4 ML 17.5 ML 18 ML 18.5 ML 19 ML 20 ML 21.2 ML 23 ML 25 ML 28.7 ML 37.5 ML 38 ML 43 ML 49 ML 50 ML	Year 1758 1798 1826 1827 1831 1832 1835 1837 1842 1849 1875 1884 1885 1886 1888 1904 1907 1909 1910 1913 1914 1916 1918 1920 1924 1926 1927 1929 1932 1936 1939 1940 1941 1954 1966 1972 1979 1982 1984 1985 1987 1988 1991 1996 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2005 2010

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