Pacific Leach's cranch squid

Leachia pacifica

Cephalopods
IUCN: Data deficient

Usual depth0–750 m
Water temperature14–29 °C
Best monthsSeptember and October
How commonRare

Photo credit: (c) Biodiversity Heritage Library, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Leachia pacifica is a species of squid in the family Cranchiidae., first described by Arturo Issel in 1908. It is mainly found in the Subtropics. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 0 records
February: 7 records
March: 6 records
April: 2 records
May: 2 records
June: 0 records
July: 2 records
August: 1 records
September: 13 records
October: 11 records
November: 0 records
December: 0 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–750 m · Deepest record: 757.5 m

0–10 m: 3 records
10–20 m: 3 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 3 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 4 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 2 records
80–90 m: 1 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 7 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 14–29 °C

14–16 °C: 3 records
16–18 °C: 6 records
18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 21 records
22–24 °C: 2 records
24–26 °C: 0 records
26–28 °C: 13 records
28–30 °C: 1 records

Names and classification

English: Pacific Leach's cranch squid, Pacific Cranch Squid

Names in 3 more languages

Japanese: トウガタイカ
Thai: ปลาหมึกแก้วตัวยาว
Simplified Chinese: Tài-Píng-Yáng-Tă-Yóu, 太平洋塔魷

Other scientific names: Euzygaena pacifica, Pyrgopsis pacifica, Zygaenopsis pacifica

Similar species

Leachia rynchophora
Leachia separata
Cockatoo squid
Cranchia scabra
Colossal squid
Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni
Deepsea squid
Bathothauma lyromma
Galiteuthis pacifica

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.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
81 open-data records from 1911 to 2012.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.

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