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Southern Cuttlefish

Decorisepia australis

  • Cephalopods
  • IUCN: Not evaluated
  • Usual depth83–213 m
  • Water temperature15–25 °C
  • Best monthsJanuary
  • How commonOccasional
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Photo credit: (c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Georgina Jones · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

  • January: 1,049 records
  • February: 570 records
  • March: 25 records
  • April: 585 records
  • May: 464 records
  • June: 323 records
  • July: 255 records
  • August: 198 records
  • September: 629 records
  • October: 176 records
  • November: 0 records
  • December: 0 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 83–213 m · Deepest record: 480 m

  • 20–30 m: 1 records
  • 30–40 m: 8 records
  • 40–50 m: 16 records
  • 50–60 m: 31 records
  • 60–70 m: 63 records
  • 70–80 m: 62 records
  • 80–90 m: 118 records
  • 90–100 m: 116 records
  • 100–110 m: 184 records
  • 110–120 m: 212 records
  • 120–130 m: 90 records
  • 130+ m: 1,206 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 15–25 °C

  • 14–16 °C: 245 records
  • 16–18 °C: 224 records
  • 18–20 °C: 486 records
  • 20–22 °C: 23 records
  • 22–24 °C: 1 records
  • 24–26 °C: 1 records

Names and classification

English
Southern Cuttlefish
Names in 1 more languages
Japanese
ミナミコウイカ

Other scientific names: Sepia australis, Sepia capensis, Sepia sinope

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Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

  • Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
  • Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
  • 4,265 open-data records from 1898 to 2006.
  • Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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