Pharaoh cuttlefish
Sepia pharaonis
The pharaoh cuttlefish is a large cuttlefish species, growing to 42 cm in mantle length and 5 kg in weight. When raised in the laboratory, the maximum recorded size for males is 16.2 cm, and for females 15.5 cm.
''Sepia pharaonis'' is likely a complex of at least three species, ''Sepia pharaonis I'', commonly located in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, ''S. pharaonis II'', located from Japan to the Gulf of Thailand and northern Australia; and ''S. pharaonis III'', located from the Indian Ocean to the Andaman Sea.
The type specimen was collected in the Gulf of Suez and is deposited at the Zoologisches Museum in Berlin.
''Sepia pharaonis'' is likely a complex of at least three species, ''Sepia pharaonis I'', commonly located in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, ''S. pharaonis II'', located from Japan to the Gulf of Thailand and northern Australia; and ''S. pharaonis III'', located from the Indian Ocean to the Andaman Sea.
The type specimen was collected in the Gulf of Suez and is deposited at the Zoologisches Museum in Berlin.