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New Zealand: the main habitat of N. sloanii. Nototodarus sloanii is a species of squid commonly known as the New Zealand arrow squid or Wellington flying squid. It is also known by its Māori name of wheketere. [3] It is a favoured prey species of a number of marine mammals and diving birds.
Pyroteuthidae (the fire squids) is a family of squids.The family comprises two genera.Species are diurnally mesopelagic, migrating into surface waters during the night.The family is characterised by the tentacles, which have a permanent constriction and bend near the base; and photophores occurring on the tentacles, eyeballs, and viscera.
Pyroteuthis serrata is a species of squid in the family Pyroteuthidae. It is found north of the tropical convergence in the waters around New Zealand and it does not overlap with Pyroteuthis margaritifera which has a more southerly range.
An unusual number (≈25–30) of mostly dead giant squid found by Gloucester, Massachusetts fishermen, with similar number estimated to have been obtained by vessels from other areas. Data from Capt. J.W. Collins of the United States Fish Commission , who at the time of the incident commanded schooner Howard , which collected five specimens.
Giant squid caught by hook and line off Greymouth, New Zealand, on 16 August 2018 (#657 on this list). It now forms part of the collections of the Auckland War Memorial Museum . This list of giant squid specimens and sightings since 2015 is a timeline of recent human encounters with members of the genus Architeuthis , popularly known as giant ...
Surface area Region Notes 1: Lake Taupō: 616 km 2 (238 sq mi) Waikato: Largest lake in New Zealand; second-largest freshwater lake in Oceania: 2: Lake Te Anau: 344 km 2 (133 sq mi) Southland: Largest lake in the South Island: 3: Lake Wakatipu: 291 km 2 (112 sq mi) Otago: Longest lake in New Zealand (80 kilometres (50 mi)) 4: Lake Wānaka: 192 ...
Researchers found another “surprise” while examining the squid: the remains of two boney fish found near the squid’s mouth, situated between “two greyish eyeballs.” The new species is ...
Sepioteuthis australis, commonly known as the southern calamari [3] or the southern reef squid, [4] is a species of reef squid that is native to oceans off the coast of Australia and New Zealand. This species is caught commercially by trawling, as bycatch in the prawn fishing industry and by recreational anglers.