page_title: Loliginidae
section_title: Taxonomic list
hierarchical_section_title: Loliginidae / Taxonomy / Taxonomic list
caption_attribution_description: English: Friendly squid visit at night in Komodo National Park. Probably Sepioteuthis lessoniana.
context_page_description: Loliginidae, commonly known as pencil squids, is an aquatic family of squid classified in the order Myopsida.
context_section_description: The classification below follows Vecchione et al. (2005) and the Tree of Life Web Project (2010).
  Several doubtfully distinct species have also been described; see the genus articles for these.
  Genus Afrololigo
  Afrololigo mercatoris, Guinean thumbstall squid
  Genus Alloteuthis
  Alloteuthis africanus, African squid
  Alloteuthis media, midsize squid
  Alloteuthis subulata, European common squid
  Genus Doryteuthis
  Subgenus Amerigo
  Doryteuthis gahi, Patagonian squid
  Doryteuthis ocula, bigeye inshore squid
  Doryteuthis opalescens, opalescent inshore squid
  Doryteuthis pealeii, longfin inshore squid
  Doryteuthis surinamensis, Surinam squid
  Subgenus Doryteuthis
  Doryteuthis plei, slender inshore squid
  Doryteuthis roperi, Roper inshore squid
  Subgenus unnamed
  Doryteuthis sanpaulensis, São Paulo squid
  Genus Heterololigo
  Heterololigo bleekeri, spear squid
  Genus Loligo
  Loligo forbesii, veined squid
  Loligo reynaudii, Cape Hope squid or chokka
  Loligo vulgaris, European squid
  Genus Loliolus
  Subgenus Loliolus
  Loliolus affinis
  Loliolus hardwickei
  Subgenus Nipponololigo
  Loliolus beka, Beka squid
  Loliolus japonica, Japanese squid
  Loliolus sumatrensis, Kobi squid
  Loliolus uyii, little squid
  Genus Lolliguncula
  Subgenus Loliolopsis
  Lolliguncula diomedeae, dart squid or shortarm gonate squid
  Subgenus Lolliguncula
  Lolliguncula argus
  Lolliguncula brevis, Atlantic brief squid
  Lolliguncula panamensis, Panama brief squid
  Genus Pickfordiateuthis
  Pickfordiateuthis bayeri
  Pickfordiateuthis pulchella, grass squid
  Pickfordiateuthis vossi
  Pickfordiateuthis sp. A
  Genus Sepioteuthis
  Sepioteuthis australis, southern reef squid or southern calamary
  Sepioteuthis lessoniana, bigfin reef squid or northern calamary
  Sepioteuthis sepioidea, Caribbean reef squid
  Genus Uroteuthis
  Subgenus Aestuariolus
  Uroteuthis noctiluca, luminous bay squid
  Subgenus Photololigo
  Uroteuthis abulati
  Uroteuthis arabica
  Uroteuthis bengalensis
  Uroteuthis chinensis, mitre squid
  Uroteuthis duvaucelii, Indian squid
  Uroteuthis edulis, swordtip squid
  Uroteuthis robsoni
  Uroteuthis sibogae, Siboga squid
  Uroteuthis singhalensis, long barrel squid
  Uroteuthis vossi
  Subgenus Uroteuthis
  Uroteuthis bartschi, Bartsch's squid
  Subgenus incertae sedis
  Uroteuthis pickfordi, Siboga squid
  Uroteuthis reesi
caption: Bigfin reef squid
  (Sepioteuthis lessoniana)
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