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Family: Cranchiidae cranch squids (See list of species below)

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39 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Bathothauma lyromma [Lyre cranch squid]	No picture found Belonella belone []	No picture found Cranchia scabra [Rough cranch squid]
No picture found Egea inermis [Unarmed cranch squid]	Galiteuthis armata [Armed cranch squid]	No picture found Galiteuthis glacialis []
No picture found Galiteuthis pacifica []	No picture found Galiteuthis phyllura []	No picture found Galiteuthis suhmi []
No picture found Helicocranchia joubini []	No picture found Helicocranchia papillata [Siphonate cranch squid]	No picture found Helicocranchia pfefferi [Pfeffer's cranch squid]
No picture found Leachia atlantica [Atlantic cranch squid]	No picture found Leachia cyclura [Leach's cranch squid]	No picture found Leachia danae []
No picture found Leachia dislocata []	No picture found Leachia ellipsoptera []	No picture found Leachia lemur []
No picture found Leachia pacifica []	No picture found Leachia rynchophorus []	No picture found Liguriella pardus []
No picture found Liguriella podophthalma [Bigeye cranch squid]	No picture found Liocranchia gardineri []	No picture found Liocranchia globula []
No picture found Liocranchia reinhardtii [Reinhardt's cranch squid]	No picture found Liocranchia valdiviae []	No picture found Megalocranchia abyssicola []
No picture found Megalocranchia fisheri []	No picture found Megalocranchia maxima [Large cranch squid]	No picture found Megalocranchia oceanica [Oceanic cranch squid]
No picture found Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni [Antarctic cranch squid]	No picture found Sandalops melancholicus [Melancholy cranch squid]	No picture found Taonius belone []
No picture found Taonius borealis []	No picture found Taonius pavo [Peacock cranch squid]	No picture found Taonius suhmii []
No picture found Teuthowenia maculata [Spotted cranch squid]	Teuthowenia megalops []	No picture found Teuthowenia pellucida []

39 Species of Family Cranchiidae
(cranch squids)

Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Bathothauma lyromma	Lyre cranch squid	Indo-Pacific and Atlantic	20 ML
Belonella belone		Eastern Indian Ocean.
Cranchia scabra	Rough cranch squid	Circumglobal, tropical to	20 ML
Egea inermis	Unarmed cranch squid	Circumglobal. Tropical t	42 ML
Galiteuthis armata	Armed cranch squid	Widespread in all oceans.	61 ML
Galiteuthis glacialis		Antarctic Indian Ocean.
Galiteuthis pacifica		Pacific Ocean.
Galiteuthis phyllura		Eastern Pacific.
Galiteuthis suhmi		Southwest Pacific and Atl
Helicocranchia joubini		Atlantic Ocean
Helicocranchia papillata	Siphonate cranch squid	Atlantic Ocean.	6 ML
Helicocranchia pfefferi	Pfeffer's cranch squid	Pacific Ocean and Atlanti	10 ML
Leachia atlantica	Atlantic cranch squid	Atlantic Ocean.	20 ML
Leachia cyclura	Leach's cranch squid	Atlantic Ocean.	20 ML
Leachia danae		Eastern Central Pacific
Leachia dislocata		Pacific Ocean	15 ML
Leachia ellipsoptera		Northern Atlantic.
Leachia lemur		Atlantic Ocean.	7 ML
Leachia pacifica		Pacific Ocean and Southea
Leachia rynchophorus		Southwest Pacific and Sou
Liguriella pardus		Southwest Pacific.
Liguriella podophthalma	Bigeye cranch squid	Circumglobal. Tropical t	24.3 ML
Liocranchia gardineri		Indian Ocean
Liocranchia globula		Northwest Pacific
Liocranchia reinhardtii	Reinhardt's cranch squid	Circumglobal, tropical to	25 ML
Liocranchia valdiviae		Eastern Central Pacific
Megalocranchia abyssicola		Eastern Indian Ocean.
Megalocranchia fisheri		Eastern Central Pacific
Megalocranchia maxima	Large cranch squid	Southwest Pacific and Wes	81 ML
Megalocranchia oceanica	Oceanic cranch squid	Eastern Pacific and Atlan	81 ML
Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni	Antarctic cranch squid	Atlantic and Indo-Pacific	420 TL
Sandalops melancholicus	Melancholy cranch squid	Circumglobal. Tropical a	11 ML
Taonius belone		Indo-Pacific and Eastern	53 ML
Taonius borealis		North Pacific Ocean.	50 ML
Taonius pavo	Peacock cranch squid	Western Atlantic and East	66 ML
Taonius suhmii		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Teuthowenia maculata	Spotted cranch squid	Eastern Atlantic.	14.3 ML
Teuthowenia megalops		Atlantic Ocean and the Me	40 ML
Teuthowenia pellucida		Indo-Pacific, Antarctic I	21 ML

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