Ommastrephes bartramii Neon Flying Squid, Red Flying Squid

Ommastrephes bartramii is commonly referred to as Neon Flying Squid, Red Flying Squid. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

18200 

AphiaID:

0 

Scientific:

Ommastrephes bartramii 

German:

Fliegender Neonkalmar 

English:

Neon Flying Squid, Red Flying Squid 

Category:

Koppotigen 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Oegopsida (Order) > Ommastrephidae (Family) > Ommastrephes (Genus) > bartramii (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lesueur, ), 1821 

Occurrence:

Russland, Ghana, Guadeloupe, Zirkumsubtropisch, Benin, Zirkumpolar, Cocos Island (Costa Rica), the North Sea, (the) Maldives, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Bass Strait, Belgium, Bering Sea, Bermuda, Brazil, British Columbia, Cameroon, Canada Western Atlantic, China, Circumtropic, Columbia, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, European Coasts, Fiji, Florida, France, French Polynesia, Gabon, Great Australian Bigh, Great Barrier Reef, Greenland, Grenada, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Labrador Península, Madagascar, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), New Zealand, Newfoundland, Nigeria, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific (Ocean), Oceanodromous, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Queensland (Australia), Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Salvador, Sargasso Sea, Somalia, South Atlantic, South Australia, South-Africa, South-Pazific, Spain, Spitsbergen /Svalbard, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tansania, Tasman Sea, Tasmania (Australia), The Bahamas, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Faroe Islands, the Ivory Coast, the Kermadec Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, the Seychelles, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuamoto Islands, Turkey, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Victoria (Australia), Virgin Islands, U.S. 

Marine Zone:

Hemipelagial
Lightless depth range of 800 - 2400 meters 

Sea depth:

0 - 2200 Meter 

Habitats:

Water Column 

Size:

35.43" - 59.06" (90cm - 150cm) 

Weight:

1.8 kg 

Temperature:

5,7 °F - 77 °F (5,7°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Carnivore, Fish (little fishes), Fish larvae, Krill, Predatory, Schrimps 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

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  Ommastrephes bartramii
  Fliegender Neonkalmar

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-03-06 19:24:44 

Last edit:

2026-03-12 12:15:52 

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