Euprymna scolopes: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the euprymna scolopes lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Euprymna scolopes
Group	Octopuses, squid & cuttlefish
Status	Data deficient (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Class	Cephalopod
Order	Sepiolida
Family	Sepiolidae

Where does the euprymna scolopes live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the euprymna scolopes in 1 country or territory across North America.

United States

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the euprymna scolopes endangered?

The euprymna scolopes’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Data deficient” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the euprymna scolopes?

The euprymna scolopes (Euprymna scolopes) is a cephalopod in the order Sepiolida and the family Sepiolidae, genus Euprymna. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the euprymna scolopes

Euprymna scolopes, also known as the Hawaiian bobtail squid, is a species of bobtail squid in the family Sepiolidae native to the central Pacific Ocean, where it occurs in shallow coastal waters off the Hawaiian Islands and Midway Island. The type specimen was collected off the Hawaiian Islands and is located at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.

Euprymna scolopes grows to 30 mm (1.2 in) in mantle length. Hatchlings weigh 0.005 g (0.00018 oz) and mature in 80 days. Adults weigh up to 2.67 g (0.094 oz).

In the wild, E. scolopes feeds on species of shrimp, including Halocaridina rubra, Palaemon debilis, and Palaemon pacificus. In the laboratory, E. scolopes has been reared on a varied diet of animals, including mysids (Anisomysis sp.), brine shrimp (Artemia salina), mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis), prawns (Leander debilis), and octopuses (Octopus cyanea).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Euprymna scolopes (revision 1354930253), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q150870 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).