Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis
Purpleback flying squid
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Cephalopoda
Order
Oegopsida
Family
Ommastrephidae
Genus
Sthenoteuthis
Species
oualaniensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Loligo oualaniensis Lesson, 1830 (basionym), Symplectoteuthis oualaniensis (Lesson, 1830) (synonym), fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Pacific and indian oceans
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Baque, J Páez, D & Wolff, M (2012) Hábitos alimentarios de dos peces pelágicos Thunnus albacares y Acanthocybium solandri de la Reserva Marina de Galápagos. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía Vol.47, Nº1:1-11 pp.
- Constant, P. (2007) Marine Life of the Galapagos. The Diver's guide to Fishes, Whales, Dolphins and marine Invertebrates, 307 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15530. Accessed 6 November 2026.