Species Uroteuthis (Photololigo) sp. 4 Hall, unpub.

Museums

Museum list

Regional Maps

Species Uroteuthis (Photololigo) sp. 4 Hall, unpub.

Mitre Squid

Compiler and date details

2024 - Updated by A. L. Reid, CSIRO, Australia

2012 - Updated by Julian Finn, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia

Loligo chinensis Gray, J.E. 1849. Catalogue of the Mollusca in the Collection of the British Museum. 1. Cephalopoda Antepedia. London : British Museum (Natural History) 164 pp. [74].
Type data:

Syntype(s) BMNH 19739.1 ♀, from Canton Market, China; BMNH 19739.2 adult, from Canton Market, China.
Loligo etheridgei Berry, S.S. 1918. Report on the Cephalopoda obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour in the Great Australian Bight and other southern Australian localities. Biological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried on by the F.I.S. Endeavour 1909-1914 4: 203-298 pls 59-88 [243].
Type data:
Holotype AM E6068, 'Australian Seas'.
Loligo formosana Sasaki, M. 1929. A monograph of the dibranchiate cephalopods of the Japanese and adjacent waters. Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University 20(Suppl.): 1-357 30 pls [109].
Type data:
Holotype FMHU (missing), Taiwan, Tainan fish market.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Natsukuri, Y. & Okutani, T. 1975. Taxonomic and morphological studies on the loliginid squids. 1. Identity of Loligo chinensis Gray, 1849. Redescription of the type specimen and taxonomic review. Venus 34: 83-91 [90]

Generic Combinations

Uroteuthis (Photololigo) chinensis (Gray, 1849). —
Vecchione, M., Brakoniecki, T.F., Natsukari, Y. & Hanlon, R.T. 1998. A provisional generic classification of the family Loliginidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 586: 215-222 [218]

Introduction

This taxon is a species-complex currently under review (pers. comm. Karina Hall May 2023). It is listed as Uroteuthis (Photololigo) 'chinensis' (Gray, 1849) (species-complex) in Reid (2016). However, it is currently being described as a distinct 'edulis-like' species. Uroteuthis (Photololigo) chinensis (Gray, 1849) does not occur in Australian waters. Note that the images on p. 55 of Reid (2016) refer to this species and not Uroteuthis (Photololigo) 'edulis'.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northern, western and eastern Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)