Species Nototodarus gouldi (McCoy, 1888)
Red Arrow Squid
- Ommastrephes gouldi McCoy, F. 1888. Ommastrephes gouldi (McCoy). Gould's Squid. Prodromus of the zoology of Victoria, or figures and descriptions of the living species of the Victorian indigenous animals 2. Decade 17: 255-257 pls 169, 170 [255].
Type data:
Holotype NMV F5104 ♀ (264 mm ML), Hobson's Bay, Port Phillip Bay, VIC.
Generic Combinations
- Nototodarus gouldi (McCoy, 1888).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
On continental shelf from about 27°S around southern coast to about Shark Bay, including Great Australian Bight and Bass Strait.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: continental shelf, continental slope, epipelagic, mesopelagic, nectonic, oceanic, temperate.
Juvenile: continental shelf, continental slope, mesopelagic, oceanic, planktonic.
General References
Allan, J. 1948. A rare giant squid. Australian Museum Magazine 9: 306-308
Caton, A. 1981. Hoyo Maru takes good Gould's squid catches in Bass Strait survey. Australian Fisheries 40(12): 22-25 [22] (fishery potential)
Dunning, M. 1982. Squid and cuttlefish resources of Australian waters. FAO Fisheries Report FID/R275: 103-111 [103] (fishery potential)
Lu, C.C. & Dunning, M. 1982. Identification guide to Australian arrow squid (Family Ommastrephidae). Victorian Institute of Marine Science, Technical Report 2: 1-30 (Australian distribution)
Lu, C.C. & Phillips, J.U. 1985. An annotated checklist of Cephalopoda from Australian waters. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Victoria 2: 21-36 (Australian distribution)
Smith, H.K. 1983. Fishery and biology of Nototodarus gouldi (McCoy, 1888) in Western Bass Strait. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 44: 285-290
Common Name References
Norman, M.D. & Reid, A.L. 2000. A Guide to Squid, Cuttlefish and Octopus of Australasia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing 96 pp. [48] (Red Arrow Squid)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-Mar-2014 | TEUTHIDA | 20-Mar-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Julian Finn (NMV) |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |