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Broadtail Shortfin Squid

Illex coindetii

4,849Records since 2000
FebruaryPeak month
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan656
Feb1,362
Mar14
Apr6
May0
Jun16
Jul172
Aug691
Sep446
Oct6
Nov1,336
Dec142

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

About this species

Records since 2000
4,849
Peak month
February
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Illex coindetii
Group
Molluscs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Cephalopoda
Order
Oegopsida
Family
Ommastrephidae
Genus
Illex
Name with authority
Illex coindetii (Vérany, 1839)
Described
1839
Contributing datasets
2

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q929591 · GBIF 2290522