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Bottletail Squid
Sepiadarium kochi
6.93947, 125.724
Field Notes
Description:
Also known as Tropical Bottletail Squid, Bobtail Squid, Koch's Bottletail Squid and Orange Bottletail Squid. They feed nocturnally on fish and crustaceans, and grow to a length of about 3cm. This squid changes color when predators approach.
Habitat:
Found in shallow coastal waters and lagoons often buried in the sand or muck bottoms with just the eyes showing. Widespread in the Indo-Pacific region.
Notes:
When my dive buddy spotted this, it was nearly the color of the sand, but changed to a bright orange by the time I got to snap its pictures. Photos taken during a night dive, at a depth of about 15m.
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Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedDecember 6, 2011
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