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Japanese Flying Squid

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The Japanese flying squid, also called the Japanese common squid or Pacific flying squid, is a squid of the family Ommastrephidae. It lives in the northern Pacific Ocean around Japan, along the entire coast of China up to Russia, and spreads across the Bering Strait east toward the southern coast of Alaska and Canada, tending also to cluster around the central region of Vietnam.

Facts
Classification
System (Realm)
Marine 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Scientific Name
Todarodes pacificus 2
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Japanese flying squid
  • system (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
    This animal lives in the northern Pacific Ocean, in the area surrounding Japan, along the entire coast of China up to Russia, then spreading across the Bering Strait east towards the southern coast of Alaska and Canada.
  • Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
    status = LC
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2. Japanese Flying Squid (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q780352 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
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