Scientific name: Doryteuthis opalescens
Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Mollusca → Class Cephalopoda → Subclass Coleoidea → Superorder Decapodiformes → Order Myopsida → Family Loliginidae → Genus Doryteuthis
Locations: Eastern Pacific
Group: Marine Life → Invertebrates → Squids
Live ones zip around like the jet-propelled creatures they are, usually at night, and are very hard to photograph.
Market squid lay large egg masses on the sandy bottom.
