Scientific name: Sepioteuthis lessoniana
Size: Up to 17.7 inches
Color: Metallic blue or green
Distinguishing feature: 10 tentacles (you can see 8). A large fin continues all over the mantle (which makes it looks like a cuttlefish). Translucent with blue or green metallic highlights. Speckled with white dots, very big eyes to its size.
Where did we see it: Mayotte
Scientific name: Sepioteuthis lessoniana
Size: Up to 17.7 inches
Color: Metallic blue or green
Distinguishing feature: 10 tentacles (you can see 8). A large fin continues all over the mantle (which makes it looks like a cuttlefish). Translucent with blue or green metallic highlights. Speckled with white dots, very big eyes to its size.
Where did we see it: Mayotte
This squid is present in the temperate waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Like mammals or octopuses, squids have developed advanced learning skills by watching other specimens do things they didn't know. These intelligent species, which live mainly in shoals (not school).
These predators are mainly tunas, marlins and swordfish.
Turtles are in economy mode when they are sleeping. If they are woken during night, they may not have enough air to return to surface.
So, please be careful during night dives!
The kakihona sushi (sushi wrapped in persimmon leaves) are really the best!
To eat them, you have to go to Nara!
Mammals have a horizontal tail.
Fishes have a vertical fin.