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Illicinae

Shortfin squids
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Illex coindetii
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Illex illecebrosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Teuthida
Family: Ommastrephidae
Subfamily: Illicinae
Posselt, 1890 
Genus: Illex
Steenstrup, 1880
Species

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Illex, commonly known as shortfin squids, is a squid genus in the family Ommastrephidae and the only member of the subfamily Illicinae. It contains four species:


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