bobtail squid care and availability

[jakester]

I am interested in where to find a bobtail squid and how to care for them. Does anyone have any information on this? Thanks.

 

[Nancy]

Sorry, but I don't recall any being on sale in this country. We did have someone in Australia who caught his own, but that was some years ago. They are not supposed to be so very interesting to keep in an aquarium.

Nancy

 

[DWhatley]

I think they are native to Hawaii but finding them for sale seems to only be from educational suppliers.

 

[jakester]

Thank you. I think I will stick with cuttlefish.

 

[elaflam]

There was someone in New Hampshire who sold them but I haven't heard about him in an age and I'd love to have one...My cousin lives in Hawaii. I'm going to ask her if she can find any....I'll let you know.

 

[elaflam]

I emailed the guy in NH and he doesn't do them anymore. And my cuz is looking in pet stores for me. YAY!

 

[jakester]

Tell me if you get any please!

 

[skywindsurfer]

If we are thinking of the same species, then they are pretty common on the north pacific coast of North America/Canada during the winter months in bay areas. I heard that one of the aquariums in that area has been keeping successfully for several years.

 

[skywindsurfer]

Rossia pacifica - North Pacific
Euprymna scolopes - Hawaiian
euprymna berryi - Indo-Pacific

 

[skywindsurfer]

The aquarium(I think it was Seattle but don't quote me on this) was keeping Rossia Pacifica.

 

[CaptFish]

Actually there are a bunch of "Bobtail Squids" 21 according to Mark Normans book.

Rossia pacifica is the Stubby squid

Euprymna scolopes is the Hawiian Bobtail squid

Euprymna berryi is called Berry's bobtail squid

Euprymna tasmanica also called the Southern bobtail squid from Southern Australia

Euprymna morsei the Japanese Bobtail squid

Heteroteithis hawaiiensis from central and western Pacific

Heteroteithis dispar from the subtropical Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea

Indoteuthis japonica from southern japan and china

Irisotheuthis Iris from around Hawaii

Rossia macrosoma from Northern Europe and Greenland and south to Western Africa

Sepietta oweniana from western Norway to the Mediterranean Sea including Northern Africa

Sepiola atlantica from the northeast Atlantic ocean from Iceland to Arica

Sepiola birostrato from Southern Japan to Hong Kong

Sepiola ligulata from the Med. and Adriatic seas

Sepiola sp. 1 only from SW Australia

Stoloteuthis leocoptera from the North Atlantic

Sepiadarium austrinum from Southern Australia

Sepiadarium kochi from Japan to India and east to Papa New Guinea, also called the Tropical Bobtail Squid.

Sepiadarium sp 1. also called Lace bobtail squid and distributed through south and southwestern Australia

Sepioloidea lineolata called the stripped Pajama Squid from S. Australia


Wow that's alot of bobtails! and i'm still missing one but my eyes are blurry and my fingers are tired, LOL!

 

[skywindsurfer]

W....O....W

That is alot. I knew they were a diverse group but dang!

 

[skywindsurfer]

Does anyone know where you an aquire Rossia Pacifica? Do they do well in groups or are they solitary animals like most octopus?

 

[jakester]

Wow that is a lot of bobs.

 

[jakester]

Also does wet pets Hawaii carry bobtail squid.