Japanese flying squid: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Japanese flying squid lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Todarodes pacificus
Group	Octopuses, squid & cuttlefish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Class	Cephalopod
Order	Oegopsida
Family	Ommastrephidae

Where does the Japanese flying squid live?

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

Canada

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 Japanese flying squid endangered?

The Japanese flying squid’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Japanese flying squid?

The Japanese flying squid (Todarodes pacificus) is a cephalopod in the order Oegopsida and the family Ommastrephidae, genus Todarodes. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Japanese flying squid

The Japanese flying squid, Japanese common squid or Pacific flying squid (Todarodes pacificus) is a squid of the family Ommastrephidae. This animal lives in the northern Pacific Ocean, in the area surrounding Japan, along the entire coast of China up to Russia, then spreading across the Bering Strait east towards the southern coast of Alaska and Canada. They tend to cluster around the central region of Vietnam.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Japanese flying squid (revision 1379834232), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q780352 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).