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Hawaiian flying squid Nototodarus hawaiiensis (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae) in the Arabian Sea: range extension, age, and growth

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The oceanic cephalopod fauna of the Arabian Sea has not been well studied. The Hawaiian flying squid Nototodarus hawaiiensis (Oegopsida: Ommastrephidae) is known to have a very broad, disjunct distribution in tropical to subtropical waters. In the present study, the squid Nototodarus hawaiiensis is reported for the first time from the Arabian Sea. Five females ranging in size from 62 to 128 mm dorsal mantle length (DML) were collected. Age estimates based on the statolith-increment analysis ranged from 79 to 132 days, with growth rates ranging from 0.78 to 0.99 (mean = 0.93) mm DML/day. Back-calculated hatch dates occurred from November to January. Stomach-content analysis revealed that the dominant prey was crustaceans.

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Acknowledgements

We are thankful to Director of ICAR-CMFRI for facilities and encouragements. We are indebted to Malcolm Dunning, Honorary Research Fellow, Queensland Museum and C M. Nigmatullin, Russia, for help in the identification of the specimen. Many thanks are due to the crew of the commercial fishing vessel for the squid and for information that made this study possible. We would also like to thank anonymous reviewers whose valuable and helpful comments greatly improved the manuscript.

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    Kurichithara Kunjumony Sajikumar, Pappurajam Laxmilatha, Pulukkayi Pranav, Vellathi Venkatesan, Ravindranathapanicker Vidya, Puthenpurakkal Simon Alloycious, K. M. Jestin Joy & Geetha Sasikumar

  2. Peninsular and Marine Fish Genetic Resources Centre, ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Kochi, 682 018, India

    Sneha Vargheese

  3. Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Panangad, Kochi, Kerala, 682 506, India

    Sneha Vargheese

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Sajikumar, K.K., Laxmilatha, P., Vargheese, S. et al. Hawaiian flying squid Nototodarus hawaiiensis (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae) in the Arabian Sea: range extension, age, and growth. Mar. Biodivers. 53, 15 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-022-01325-w

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