| Japanese flying squid | |
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| Todarodes pacificus (dorsal view) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Oegopsida |
| Family: | Ommastrephidae |
| Genus: | Todarodes |
| Species: | T. pacificus
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| Binomial name | |
| Todarodes pacificus (Steenstrup, 1880)[2]
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The Japanese flying squid, Japanese common squid or Pacific flying squid,[3] scientific name Todarodes pacificus, is a squid of the family Ommastrephidae. This animal lives in the northern Pacific Ocean, in the area surrounding Japan, along the entire coast of China up to Russia, then spreading across the Bering Strait east towards the southern coast of Alaska and Canada. They tend to cluster around the central region of Vietnam.
- ^ Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2014). "Todarodes pacificus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T176085A1428473. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T176085A1428473.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b Julian Finn (2016). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Todarodes pacificus (Steenstrup, 1880)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ "Pacific Flying Squid". Thermo Fisher Scientific. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2012.