Finding of the lesser flying squid (Todaropsis eblanae, oegopsida, ommastrephidae) from the Barents Sea

Abstract

A specimen of the squid Todaropsis eblanae (Ball 1841) was caught in the Barents Sea by a pelagic trawl for the first time (71°13'N-36°38'E, 0-60-m trawling horizon, at a depth of 225 m). The maturing squid male caught had 29 spermatophores in spermatophoric sac, dorsal mande of 92 mm long, and body weight of 67.3 g. Obviously, this specimen has come here from the North Sea along the eastern branch of the Norwegian current and southern branch of the Nordcap current.