| Japanese name |
Species |
Family |
| Yari-ika |
Loligo bleekeri |
LOLIGINIDAE |
| Hira-kensaki-ika |
Loligo chinensis |
LOLIGINIDAE |
| Budo-ika |
Loligo edulis budo |
LOLIGINIDAE |
| Kensaki-ika |
Loligo edulis edulis |
LOLIGINIDAE |
| Aori-ika |
Sepioteuthis lessoniana |
LOLIGINIDAE |
| Daiou-hotaruika-modoki |
Ancistrocheirus lesueuri (Orbigny, 1841) |
ANCHISTROCHEIRIDAE |
| Daiou-ika |
Architeuthis sp. |
ARCHITEUTHIDAE |
| Sitiku-ika |
Asperoteuthis acanthoderma |
CHIROTEUTHIDAE |
| Yuurei-ika |
Chiroteuthis (Chirothauma.) imperator Chun, 1913 |
CHIROTEUTHIDAE |
| Tukusi-yuurei-ika |
Chiroteuthis (Chirothauma) calyx Young, 1972 |
CHIROTEUTHIDAE |
| Houzuki-ika |
Liocranchia reinhardti (Steenstrup, 1856) |
CRANCHIIDAE |
| Oo-houzuki-ika |
Megalocranchia maxima (Pfeffer, 1884) |
CRANCHIIDAE |
| Kuzyaku-ika |
Bolonella borealis (Nesis, 1972) |
CRANCHIIDAE |
| Kitano-sukasi-ika |
Galiteuthis phyllura (Berry, 1911) |
CRANCHIIDAE |
| Oo-togari-utiwa-ika |
Cycloteuthis akimushkini |
CYCLOTEUTHIDAE |
| Utiwa-ika |
Discoteuthis sp. |
CYCLOTEUTHIDAE |
| Hotaru-ika-modoki |
Enoploteuthis chunii (Ishikawa, 1914) |
ENOPLOTEUTHIDAE |
| Hotaru-ika |
Watasenia scintillans (Berry, 1911) |
ENOPLOTEUTHIDAE |
| Hime-dosu-ika |
Berryteuthis anonychus (Pearcy & Voss, 1963) |
GONATIDAE |
| Dosu-ika |
Berryteuthis magister (Berry, 1913) |
GONATIDAE |
| Nise-tekagi-ika |
Eogonatus tinro Nesis, 1972 |
GONATIDAE |
| Tako-ika |
Gonatopsis borealis (Sasaki, 1921) |
GONATIDAE |
| Hoso-tako-ika |
Gonatopsis borealis slendaris |
GONATIDAE |
| Tenaga-tako-ika |
Gonatopsis octopedatus (Sasaki, 1920) |
GONATIDAE |
| Berii-tekagi-ika |
Gonatus berryi (Naef, 1923) |
GONATIDAE |
| Sasaki-tegagi-ika |
Gonatus madokai (Kubodera & Okutani, 1972) |
GONATIDAE |
| Kamutyakka-tekagi-ika |
Gonatus middendorffi (Kubodera & Okutani) |
GONATIDAE |
| Tekagi-ika |
Gonatus onyx (Young, 1972) |
GONATIDAE |
| Hikari-tekagi-ika |
Gonatus pyros (Young, 1972) |
GONATIDAE |
| Tekagi-ika (after spawning) |
Gonatuscf. berryi (spent gelatinus) |
GONATIDAE |
| Usubeni-gomahu-ika |
Histioteuthis celataria pacifica (Voss, 1962) |
HISTIOTEUTHIDAE |
| Gomahu-ika |
Histioteuthis corona inermis(Taki, 1964) |
HISTIOTEUTHIDAE |
| Kurage-ika |
Histioteuthis dofleini (Pfeffer, 1912) |
HISTIOTEUTHIDAE |
| Okino-muti-ika |
Mastigoteuthis (E.) glaukopis (Chun, 1908) |
MASTIGOTEUTHIDAE |
| Muti-ika |
Mastigoteuthis (I.) cordiformis (Chun, 1908) |
MASTIGOTEUTHIDAE |
| Taiseiyou-yatude-ika |
Octopoteuthis megaptera |
OCTOPOTEUTHIDAE |
| Taiseiyou-yatude-ika? |
Octopoteuthis megaptera? (verrill, 1885) |
OCTOPOTEUTHIDAE |
| Yatude-ika |
Octopoteuthis sicula (Ruppell, 1844) |
OCTOPOTEUTHIDAE |
| Oo-yatude-ika |
Octopoteuthis sp. large |
OCTOPOTEUTHIDAE |
| Hirobire-ika |
Taningia danae (Joubin, 1931) |
OCTOPOTEUTHIDAE |
| Suzi-ika |
Eucleoteuthis luminosa (Sasaki, 1915) |
OMMASTREPHIDAE |
| Sirahosi-ika |
Hyaloteuthis pelagica (Bosc, 1802) |
OMMASTREPHIDAE |
| Abura-ika |
Nototodarus hawaiiensis (Berry, 1912) |
OMMASTREPHIDAE |
| Aka-ika |
Ommastrephes bartrami (Lesueur, 1821) |
OMMASTREPHIDAE |
| Yase-tobi-ika |
Ornithoteuthis volatilis (Sasaki, 1915) |
OMMASTREPHIDAE |
| Tobi-ika |
Sthlenoteuthis oualaniensis |
OMMASTREPHIDAE |
| Surume-ika |
Todarodes pacificus (Steenstrup, 1880) |
OMMASTREPHIDAE |
| Kagi-ika |
Moroteuthis loennbergi (Ishikawa & Wakiya, 1914) |
ONYCHOTEUTHIDAE |
| Nyuudou-ika |
Moroteuthis robusta (Verrill, 1876) |
ONYCHOTEUTHIDAE |
| Hon-tume-ika |
Onychoteuthis banksii (Leach, 1817) |
ONYCHOTEUTHIDAE |
| Tume-ika |
Onychoteuthis borealijaponica (Okada, 1972) |
ONYCHOTEUTHIDAE |
| Yawara-ika |
Pholidoteuthis boschmai |
PHOLIDOTEUTHIS BOSCHAM |
| Sode-ika |
Thysanoteuthis rhombus (Troschel, 1857) |
THYSANOTEUTHIDAE |
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