Firefly squid

Watasenia scintillans

The firefly squid, ''Watasenia scintillans'', also known as the sparkling enope squid, is a species of squid in the family Enoploteuthidae. It is the sole species in the genus ''Watasenia''.

Composite: Firefly Squid (Watasenia scintillans), top is bioluminescence in this species, bottom is the squid in normal light

Status: Least concern
EX	EW	CR	EN	VU	NT	LC

Taxonomy
Kingdom	Animalia
Division	Mollusca
Class	Cephalopoda
Order	Oegopsida
Family	Enoploteuthidae
Genus	Watasenia
Species	W. scintillans

Photographed in
Japan