common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) Sepia officinalis hunting
Date 1844
Source Plate XI, Figure 2 in: Description of Australian Fish. (Part 2). Transactions of the Zoological Society of London v. 3 (art. 5): 133-185
Author Richardson, J. (Sir John Richardson, 1787-1865)
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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.