common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) Author Aloys Zötl (1803–1887)
Title German: Der Tintenfisch
Description from the "Bestiarium"
Date 25 July 1881
Medium watercolor
Source/Photographer Reproduction (own work) of a print from 1881
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aloys_Z%C3%B6tl,_Der_Tintenfisch.jpg
The common cuttlefish or European common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) is one of the largest and best-known cuttlefish species. The common cuttlefish is native to at least the Mediterranean Sea, North Sea, and Baltic Sea, although subspecies have been proposed as far south as South Africa.
