Published June 30, 2010
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Record of the largest specimen of neon flying squid Ommastrephes bartramii (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae)
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- 1. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (CSIC), Vigo
- 2. University of Aberdeen
- 3. Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo, Instituto Español de Oceanografía
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We report a record of the largest known specimen of Ommastrephes bartramii. It was an almost mature female, with dorsal mantle length (ML) of 1020 mm and weighing around 35 kg, caught by a Spanish fishing vessel in October 2007 on a surface long-line in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Growth increments on a statolith indicate an age of 492-512 days. The stomach was full and contained beaks of ommastrephid squids and of a small pelagic octopus (Japetella spp.), and remains of mackerel (possibly bait from the long-line) and unidentified fish.
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