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Family: Sepiidae cuttlefishes (See list of species below)

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120 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

Acanthosepion pharaonis [Pharaoh cuttlefish]	Ascarosepion latimanus [Broadclub cuttlefish]	Aurosepina arabica [Arabian cuttlefish]
Doratosepion kobiense [Kobi cuttlefish]	Erythalassa trygonina [Trident cuttlefish]	Metasepia pfefferi [Flamboyant cuttlefish]
Metasepia tullbergi [Paintpot cuttlefish]	Rhombosepion omani [Oman cuttlefish]	Rhombosepion prashadi [Hooded cuttlefish]
Sepia aculeata [Needle cuttlefish]	No picture found Sepia acuminata []	No picture found Sepia adami []
Sepia andreana [Andrea cuttlefish]	No picture found Sepia angulata []	Sepia apama [Australian giant cuttlefish]
No picture found Sepia appellofi []	No picture found Sepia aureomaculata []	Sepia australis [Southern cuttlefish]
Sepia bandensis [Stumpy cuttlefish]	No picture found Sepia bartletti [Bartlett's cuttlefish]	No picture found Sepia bathyalis []
No picture found Sepia baxteri []	Sepia bertheloti [African cuttlefish]	No picture found Sepia bidhaia []
Sepia braggi [Slender cuttlefish]	Sepia brevimana [Shortclub cuttlefish]	No picture found Sepia burnupi []
No picture found Sepia carinata []	No picture found Sepia chirotrema []	No picture found Sepia confusa []
No picture found Sepia cottoni [Cotton's cuttlefish]	Sepia cultrata [Knifebone cuttlefish]	No picture found Sepia dollfusi []
No picture found Sepia dubia []	Sepia elegans [Elegant cuttlefish]	Sepia elliptica [Ovalbone cuttlefish]
Sepia elobyana [Guinean cuttlefish]	No picture found Sepia elongata []	No picture found Sepia erostrata []
Sepia esculenta [Golden cuttlefish]	No picture found Sepia faurei []	No picture found Sepia filibrachia []
No picture found Sepia foliopeza []	No picture found Sepia furcata []	No picture found Sepia gibba []
Sepia grahami [Ken's cuttlefish]	Sepia hedleyi []	Sepia hieronis [Bullet cuttlefish]
Sepia hierredda [Giant african cuttlefish]	No picture found Sepia hirunda []	No picture found Sepia incerta []
No picture found Sepia insignis []	No picture found Sepia irvingi []	No picture found Sepia ivanovi []
No picture found Sepia joubini []	No picture found Sepia kiensis []	No picture found Sepia koilados []
No picture found Sepia limata []	Sepia longipes [Longarm cuttlefish]	Sepia lorigera [Spider cuttlefish]
Sepia lycidas [Kisslip cuttlefish]	Sepia madokai [Madokai's cuttlefish]	No picture found Sepia mascarensis []
Sepia mestus [Reaper cuttlefish]	No picture found Sepia mira [Little cuttlefish]	No picture found Sepia mirabilis []
Sepia murrayi [Frog cuttlefish]	No picture found Sepia novaehollandiae []	Sepia officinalis [Common cuttlefish]
Sepia opipara [Magnificent cuttlefish]	Sepia orbignyana [Pink cuttlefish]	Sepia papillata [Wrinkled cuttlefish]
Sepia papuensis [Papuan cuttlefish]	No picture found Sepia pardalis []	No picture found Sepia pardex []
No picture found Sepia peterseni []	No picture found Sepia plana []	Sepia plangon [Striking cuttlefish]
No picture found Sepia plathyconchalis []	Sepia prabahari [Small striped cuttlefish]	No picture found Sepia pulchra []
Sepia ramani []	Sepia recurvirostra [Curvespine cuttlefish]	No picture found Sepia reesi []
No picture found Sepia rex [King cuttlefish]	No picture found Sepia rhoda []	No picture found Sepia robsoni []
Sepia rozella [Rosecone cuttlefish]	Sepia savignyi [Broadback cuttlefish]	No picture found Sepia saya []
No picture found Sepia senta []	No picture found Sepia sewelli []	No picture found Sepia simoniana []
Sepia smithi [Smith's cuttlefish]	No picture found Sepia sokotriensis []	Sepia stellifera [Starry cuttlefish]
No picture found Sepia subplana []	No picture found Sepia subtenuipes []	Sepia sulcata [Grooved cuttlefish]
No picture found Sepia tala []	No picture found Sepia tanybracheia []	No picture found Sepia tenuipes []
No picture found Sepia thurstoni []	No picture found Sepia tokioensis []	No picture found Sepia tuberculata [Tuberculate cuttlefish]
No picture found Sepia typica []	No picture found Sepia vecchioni []	No picture found Sepia vercoi []
Sepia vermiculata [Patchwork cuttlefish]	Sepia vietnamica [Viet nam cuttlefish]	Sepia vossi [Voss' cuttlefish]
Sepia whitleyana [Whitley's cuttlefish]	Sepia zanzibarica [Zanzibar cuttlefish]	No picture found Sepiella cyanea []
Sepiella inermis [Spineless cuttlefish]	Sepiella japonica [Japanese spineless cuttlefish]	No picture found Sepiella mangkangunga []
No picture found Sepiella ocellata [Spotty cuttlefish]	Sepiella ornata [Ornate cuttlefish]	Sepiella weberi [Web's cuttlefish]

120 Species of Family Sepiidae
(cuttlefishes)

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

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