Global InformationIllex illecebrosus information
| Northern shortfin squid Illex illecebrosus | |
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Conservation status
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 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Oegopsida |
| Family: | Ommastrephidae |
| Genus: | Illex |
| Species: | I. illecebrosus
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| Illex illecebrosus (Lesueur, 1821)[2]
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Illex illecebrosus, commonly known as the northern shortfin squid, is a species of neritic squids in the family Ommastrephidae. Squids of the genus Illex account for 65% of the world's cephalopod captures. Illex is formed by four taxa distributed throughout the Atlantic Ocean (I. argentinus, I. coindetii, I. illecebrosus and I. oxygonius), whose identification and phylogenetic relationships based on morphological characters remain controversial.They are found in the northwest Atlantic Ocean, from off the coast of eastern North America to Greenland, Iceland, and west of Ireland and the United Kingdom. They are a highly migratory and short-lived species, with lifespans of less than a year. They are commercially important and are fished extensively (primarily by the United States and Canada), mostly for the Canadian and Japanese markets.[3][4]
Northern shortfin squid is a migratory species of squid with a distribution ranging from Florida Straits to Newfoundland in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean.[5] The species is native to Canada, Greenland, Iceland and United States. The species has an average lifespan between 1–1.5 years in which most live less than a year.[6][7] The location of the fishery of the squid is mainly in Mid-Atlantic Bight from between summer and fall.
- ^ Barratt, I. & Allcock, L. (2014). "Illex illecebrosus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T163002A962911. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T163002A962911.en. Downloaded on 10 March 2018.
- ^ a b Julian Finn (2016). "Illex illecebrosus Lesueur, 1821". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ Lisa Hendrickson (December 2006). "Northern shortfin squid (Illex illecebrosus)". Status of Fishery Resources off the Northeastern US, NEFSC - Resource Evaluation and Assessment Division. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
- ^ "Illex illecebrosus (LeSueur, 1821)". Species Fact Sheets. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. December 2006. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
- ^ Dawe, E.G. and L.C. Hendrickson. 1998. A review of the biology, population dynamics, and exploitation of short-finned squid in the northwest Atlantic Ocean, in relation to assessment and management of the resource. Northwest Atl. Fish. Organ. (NAFO) Sci. Counc. Res. Doc. 98/59. 33 p.
- ^ Squires, H.J. 1967. Growth and hypothetical age of the Newfoundland bait squid, Illex illecebrosus illecebrosus. J. Fish. Res. Board Can. 24: 1209- 1217.
- ^ Wigley, R.L. 1982. Short-finned squid, Illex illecebrosus. In: Grosslein, M.D., Azarovitz, T.R., editors. Fish distribution. MESA New York Bight Atlas Monograph 15. N.Y. Sea Grant Institute, Albany, NY. p. 135-138.