Slender Cuttlefish

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 14 records
February: 10 records
March: 20 records
April: 12 records
May: 15 records
June: 17 records
July: 16 records
August: 5 records
September: 5 records
October: 10 records
November: 8 records
December: 14 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–78 m · Deepest record: 283 m

0–10 m: 23 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 3 records
50–60 m: 1 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 1 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 3 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 14–27 °C

14–16 °C: 97 records
16–18 °C: 5 records
18–20 °C: 19 records
20–22 °C: 4 records
22–24 °C: 4 records
24–26 °C: 0 records
26–28 °C: 3 records

Photos

(c) Peter Crowcroft, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Peter Crowcroft · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) ttsquid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) ttsquid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) ttsquid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) ttsquid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Peter Crowcroft, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Slender Cuttlefish

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: タケノココウイカ

Other scientific names: Sepia braggi

Similar species

Doratosepion limatum
Andrea Cuttlefish
Doratosepion andreanum
Kobi Cuttlefish
Doratosepion kobiense
Acanthosepion ellipticum
Pharaoh Cuttlefish
Acanthosepion pharaonis
Smith's Cuttlefish
Acanthosepion smithi

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).
257 open-data records from 1912 to 2015.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.