California Market Squid
Doryteuthis opalescens
- Class
- Cephalopod
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,421
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
Doryteuthis opalescens, the opalescent inshore squid or market squid, is a small species of squid in the family Loliginidae. It is a myopsid squid, a near shore group with corneas over their eyes. The species is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Baja California, Mexico to Alaska, United States, and as an inshore squid can be found within a range of 200 miles (320 km) off the coast.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Doryteuthis opalescens”.