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)[reply]

It must be in reference to the "Firefly squid sea surface group" mentioned in that list. mgiganteus1 (talk) 11:52, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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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)[reply]

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)[reply]

"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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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Bioluminescence

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