Sepia aculeata

Van Hasselt, 1835

Needle Cuttlefish

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Red Sea to Japan.

Size: 12 inches (30 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits various inshore reef areas and usually seen at depths to about 200 feet (60 m).

Aquarium Suitability: Not collected for the home aquarium trade.

Taxonomy:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Cephalopoda

Order: Sepioloida

Family: Sepiidae

Genus: Sepia

FYI: Shown here only for identification only.

Human food fish.