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CAAB Taxon Code: 23 617006
Scientific Name and Authority: Sepioteuthis lessoniana Lesson, 1830

CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups - Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
Family: 23 617 Loliginidae (calamaries, inshore squids)    show full list

Common Name: northern calamari
Suggested Indexable Form: calamari, northern
Common Names List: northern calamari; Northern calamary
Standard (Commercial) Name(s): Northern Calamari; Squid
FAO Name: bigfin reef squid

Organism Type: a squid

Other names used in Australia:

Taxon Notes: This code replaces previous (interim) CAAB code 00 620011 (FISHLIST 620011).
Scientific Name Notes:
Common/Standard Name Notes:

Parent Codes (if any):
   23 617000 .. Loliginidae - undifferentiated .. squids
Child Codes (if any):
Previous Codes (if any):
  00 620011, 620011

ITIS (USA) identifier for this taxon: 556118

Taxon status (on CAAB list):
   Taxon on current Australian list: Yes
   Taxon on commercial species list: Yes
   Taxon on Standard Fish Names List: Yes

On-line resources for this taxon:

Australian Faunal Directory