''Doryteuthis ocula'', commonly known as the bigeye inshore squid, is a species of

squid A squid (: squid) is a mollusc with an elongated soft body, large eyes, eight cephalopod limb, arms, and two tentacles in the orders Myopsida, Oegopsida, and Bathyteuthida (though many other molluscs within the broader Neocoleoidea are also ...

in the family

Loliginidae Loliginidae, commonly known as pencil squids, is an aquatic family of squid classified in the order Myopsida. Taxonomy The family Loliginidae was formerly classified in the order Teuthida. Taxonomic list The classification below (includi ...

. It is also known as ''Loligo ocula''. It is found in the

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, and the Western Atlantic around

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. It is found in depths between 250m and 360m from the surface.

Anatomy

''D. ocula'' has a blunt mantle, with rounded rhomboidal fins.CEPHALOPODS-Vol2.vp (fao.org)
/ref> It is a small-sized squid, with a mantle length up to 127mm. It has robust tentacles, clubs expanded.

References

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