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the other, which is damaged, is about the same size. (Also see A . neozealandica).
3. Abraliopsis hoylei (Pfeffer, 1884)
Enoploteuthis Hoylei Pfeffer, 1884
Abraliopsis morisii Pfeffer, 1900
Abralia Hoylei Pfeffer, 1908a
Abraliopsis ? Hoylei Allan, 1945
The type of this species was caught off Mascaren (Pfeffer, 1884) and
several specimens have since been doubtfully referred to the species;
these are, a specimen from Sunday Island in the Kermadec group
(Berry, 1914c), 13 taken off Eastern Australia (Allan, 1945) and 7
from the Galapagos Islands (Robson, 1948). The doubtful specimens
were taken between the surface and 1 100 m with open nets and one
was stranded. The largest specimen known is that of Pfeffer which
has a mantle length of either 3.1 cm (1884) or 2.95 cm (1900).
4. Abraliopsis lineata (Goodrich, 1896)
Abralia lineata Goodrich, 1896
Micrabralia lineata Pfeffer, 1900
This species has been taken in the Andaman Sea and off the Ganjam
coast (Goodrich, 1896). It was taken with open nets fished to 160-480 m.
A male has a mantle length of 1-5 cm.
5. Abraliopsis morrisi (VBrany, 1837)
Onychoteuthis Morrisii VBrany, 1837
Enoploteuthis Morisii d'orbigny, 1835-1848
Abralia Morrisii Gray, 1849
This is one of the commonest of the small species of squid in the
North Atlantic (Fig. 31) where it has been found between 39"N
(d'orbigny, 1845) and 0' 29"
(Thiele, 1921) and from the Straits of
Gibraltar to 64"35.5'W0(Chun, 1910a, 1913; Degner, 1925; Rees and
Maul, 1956; Voss, 195613, 1960a). It has also been recorded from the
Mediterranean (VBrany, 1837; Joubin, 1924; Degner, 1925; Issel,
1925b), from the Indian Ocean (Chun, 1910a), Flores Strait (Boone,
1938), and off Japan (Akimushkin, 1955).
It has been caught in open nets fished a t 3 500 m (Joubin, 1924)
but Degner (1925) showed that it is probably most prevalent from the
surface down to about 30 m. He found that 69.5% of the squids were
caught a t a depth of less than about 30 m (i.e. with less than 65 m
of wire out) as opposed to 18.6% a t about 30-150 m (i.e. with 65-300 m
of wire out) and only 11.8% a t more than about 150 m (i.e. with
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the other, which is damaged, is about the same size. (Also see A . neozealandica).
3. Abraliopsis hoylei (Pfeffer, 1884)
Enoploteuthis Hoylei Pfeffer, 1884
Abraliopsis morisii Pfeffer, 1900
Abralia Hoylei Pfeffer, 1908a
Abraliopsis ? Hoylei Allan, 1945
The type of this species was caught off Mascaren (Pfeffer, 1884) and
several specimens have since been doubtfully referred to the species;
these are, a specimen from Sunday Island in the Kermadec group
(Berry, 1914c), 13 taken off Eastern Australia (Allan, 1945) and 7
from the Galapagos Islands (Robson, 1948). The doubtful specimens
were taken between the surface and 1 100 m with open nets and one
was stranded. The largest specimen known is that of Pfeffer which
has a mantle length of either 3.1 cm (1884) or 2.95 cm (1900).
4. Abraliopsis lineata (Goodrich, 1896)
Abralia lineata Goodrich, 1896
Micrabralia lineata Pfeffer, 1900
This species has been taken in the Andaman Sea and off the Ganjam
coast (Goodrich, 1896). It was taken with open nets fished to 160-480 m.
A male has a mantle length of 1-5 cm.
5. Abraliopsis morrisi (VBrany, 1837)
Onychoteuthis Morrisii VBrany, 1837
Enoploteuthis Morisii d'orbigny, 1835-1848
Abralia Morrisii Gray, 1849
This is one of the commonest of the small species of squid in the
North Atlantic (Fig. 31) where it has been found between 39"N
(d'orbigny, 1845) and 0' 29"
(Thiele, 1921) and from the Straits of
Gibraltar to 64"35.5'W0(Chun, 1910a, 1913; Degner, 1925; Rees and
Maul, 1956; Voss, 195613, 1960a). It has also been recorded from the
Mediterranean (VBrany, 1837; Joubin, 1924; Degner, 1925; Issel,
1925b), from the Indian Ocean (Chun, 1910a), Flores Strait (Boone,
1938), and off Japan (Akimushkin, 1955).
It has been caught in open nets fished a t 3 500 m (Joubin, 1924)
but Degner (1925) showed that it is probably most prevalent from the
surface down to about 30 m. He found that 69.5% of the squids were
caught a t a depth of less than about 30 m (i.e. with less than 65 m
of wire out) as opposed to 18.6% a t about 30-150 m (i.e. with 65-300 m
of wire out) and only 11.8% a t more than about 150 m (i.e. with