Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Decapodiformes > Order Bathyteuthida > Superfamily Bathyteuthoidea > Family Chtenopterygidae > Genus Chtenopteryx

Chtenopteryx sicula (Vérany, 1851)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Sepioteuthis Blainville, 1824

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chtenopteryx*	Appellöf, 1890	accepted genus name
*Ctenopteryx*	[sic]	synonym

Species group names

*Chtenopteryx siculus*	(Vérany, 1851)	orthographic variant
*Calliteuthis nevroptera*	Jatta, 1896	synonym
*Chtenopteryx fimbriatus*	Appellöf, 1890	synonym
*Ctenopteryx cyprinoides*	Joubin, 1894	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Comb-finned squid; toothed-fin squid; Tooth-finned squid sources: Volvenko, I. V.; Orlov, A. M.; Gebruk, A. V.; Katugin, O. N.; Ogorodnikova, A. A.; Vinogradov, G. M.; Maznikova, O. A. (2019). Checklist of the trawl macrofauna from the North Pacific and adjacent seas with information about fishery importance, potential product yield, and price range, supplement to: Volvenko, Igor V; Orlov, Alexei M; Gebruk, Andrey V; Katugin, Oleg N; Ogorodnikova, Alla A; Vinogradov, Georgy M; Maznikova, Olga A (in prep.): Trawl macrofauna of the Far-Eastern Seas and North Pacific: proportion of commercial species, potential product yield, and price rang. Earth System Science Data. PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science.;van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

Greek: Καλαμάρι χτένα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: ヒレギレイカ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Russian: Кальмар лучеперый обыкновенный

Literature

additional source	Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
additional source	CephBase
additional source	Judkins, H. L., M. Vecchione, and C. F. E. Roper. 2009. Cephalopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 701–709 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chtenopteryx sicula (Vérany, 1851). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:181377