🦑Humboldt squid

Dosidicus gigas (D'Orbigny, 1835)

The Humboldt squid, also known as the red devil, jumbo squid, or jumbo flying squid, is a large, predatory squid living in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is the only known species of the genus Dosidicus of the subfamily Ommastrephinae, family Ommastrephidae.

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vs you

≈ 1/21st of your weight

Also called

Dosidicus gigas, Jumbo Flying Squid

Conservation status

DDData deficient

IUCN Red List assessment, 2014.

Population trendUnknown

Key measurements

Body mass: 3 kg
Body length: 0.8 m
Shoulder height: not recorded
Top speed: not recorded
Bite force: not recorded
Maximum lifespan: not recorded

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Everything we know about the Humboldt squid

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass

3 kgmaximum recorded

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Body length

0.8 mtypical adult, total length

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Volume l

3 Laverage

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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Humboldt squid yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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