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What

Pacific Bottletail (Sepioloidea pacifica)

Date

March 25, 2018 04:35 AM NZDT

Description

Thanks @wmblom & @clinton for ID, tips to distinguish species and link to video
https://vimeo.com/229228658
Sepioloidea pacifica: the fins on the Pacific Bottletail stop short and don’t run all the way to the tail.

Sepioteuthis australis: The fins run all the way to the tail
https://inaturalist.nz/observations/10486865

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