Predators include large fish and marine mammals. Growth rates for neon flying squid are directly correlated with temperature and inversely with size. Maximum mantle length for females is 50 cm and somewhat smaller for males. Males mature between 29 and 32 cm and females mature at less than 40 cm. Maximum weight is about 8 lb.
Life span is about one year.
Max-imum weight is about 2.4 lb. Maximum size for the bobtail squid is 10 cm, mantle length. In the western Pacific, the neon flying squid has a seasonal migration pattern. In the summer and fall, dense schools move with the currents, feeding in surface waters. The schools disperse and move to deeper waters in the winter and spring.