Talk:Firefly squid

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Why is there a link to List of Special Places of Scenic Beauty, Special Historic Sites and Special Natural Monuments? I'm willing to believe the Enope Squid is one, but I don't see it on the list, and the link needs clarification. Chronodm (talk) 11:22, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
 * It must be in reference to the "Firefly squid sea surface group" mentioned in that list. mgiganteus1 (talk) 11:52, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

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Page name
Certainly, "Firefly squid" or "Sparkling enope squid" is more common than "Watasenia scintillans" - Also, sometimes referred to as "Japanese firefly squid". ~E:74.60.29.141 (talk) 01:50, 6 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Yes, we normally use a common name if one is available.


 * "Firefly squid" gets over 250,000 hits.


 * "Sparkling enope squid" gets 8,240 hits.


 * FWIW, "Watasenia scintillans" gets 149,000 hits, not bad for Latin. It does suggest that the species is rather more than "low" importance, I'll change that too.


 * I am therefore renaming the article now to "Firefly squid". Chiswick Chap (talk) 10:33, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

"This squid is the only species of cephalopod in which evidence of color vision has been found."
I removed the above line because of this:
 * Kito Y, Narita K, Seidou M, Michinomae M, Yoshihara K, Partridge J.C, Herring P.J A blue-sensitive visual pigment based on 4-hydroxyretinal is found widely in mesopelagic cephalopods. In Structures and functions of retinal proteins Rigaud J.L vol. 221 1992pp. 411–414. Eds. Montrouge, France:Colloque INSERM/Jhon Libbey Eurotext Ltd.

I found this indirectly as a reference in this paper. So it appears that some other cephalopods have color vision. -- Hi  Ev  22:10, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

Image request
It would be great to have a CC-by-SA (shareware) image of a firefly squid sparkling by its own light, if anyone knows of one or could take a photo. Please take great care with the license as we can't use a copyrighted image here. Chiswick Chap (talk) 10:29, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

Missing link to reference
Why is there no link to reference number 5 - which states that firefly squids are usually live at depths of 200-400 m?

The reference given: ''Michinomae, Ishikawa; Kabutoyama, Kito; Masanao, Masaki; Nishinomiya, Yuji (2009). "Photic environment and bioluminescent cephalopod (Watasenia scintillans) -Firefly squid's MINAGE-". Aquabiology/Kaiyo to Seibutsu. 31: 280–286 – via ProQuest. ''

Google search yields nothing of this, Search on ProQuest does not reveal anything either.

Iamrobox001 (talk) 06:49, 22 August 2020 (UTC)


 * I found this article on ProQuest, and added the appropriate URL. However, this article does require access through a university or organization. BNg22 (talk) 18:17, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

Bioluminescence
Do we know if these squid are positively, negatively or neutrally buoyant? Enabulei (talk) 16:57, 2 March 2022 (UTC) Irobosa Enabulele