[quote name='glen' post='5197' date='Jul 2 2005, 05:47 PM']Perhaps one of the following pages describes the species of pencil squid that you are catching. I suspect it would be the first one. There is a short video (and photo) that you will find a link to on that first page so let us know if that is the squid you are actually catching -
Uroteuthis chinensis (Family Loliginidae)
[url="http://deh.gov.au/cgi-bin/species-bank/sbank-treatment.pl?id=77090"]http://deh.gov.au/cgi-bin/species-bank/sba...ent.pl?id=77090[/url]
Mitre squid, Photololigo chinensis complex
[url="http://www.edaff.gov.au/nfpd/atlas/23617005.cfm"]http://www.edaff.gov.au/nfpd/atlas/23617005.cfm[/url]
Cheers, Glen[/quote]
Hi Glen, the above two species are the same. Uroteuthis is the new name for Photololigo. Exact identification is still troublesome and the best bet is to refer to them as a species complex. There are 2 kinds of pencil squid (broad and slender) although the latter is usually found too deep to be taken by rec anglers. Bigfin reef/tiger or northern calamary squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) are easily identified from the others mainly by the size of their fins which run the whole length of the body. The bay or bottle squid (Loliolus noctiluca) is also occasionally taken. I will post some pics of some that I am sure of the identification!
Len
Uroteuthis chinensis (Family Loliginidae)
[url="http://deh.gov.au/cgi-bin/species-bank/sbank-treatment.pl?id=77090"]http://deh.gov.au/cgi-bin/species-bank/sba...ent.pl?id=77090[/url]
Mitre squid, Photololigo chinensis complex
[url="http://www.edaff.gov.au/nfpd/atlas/23617005.cfm"]http://www.edaff.gov.au/nfpd/atlas/23617005.cfm[/url]
Cheers, Glen[/quote]
Hi Glen, the above two species are the same. Uroteuthis is the new name for Photololigo. Exact identification is still troublesome and the best bet is to refer to them as a species complex. There are 2 kinds of pencil squid (broad and slender) although the latter is usually found too deep to be taken by rec anglers. Bigfin reef/tiger or northern calamary squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) are easily identified from the others mainly by the size of their fins which run the whole length of the body. The bay or bottle squid (Loliolus noctiluca) is also occasionally taken. I will post some pics of some that I am sure of the identification!
Len