Hyaloteuthis

{{Short description|Genus of squids}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Barratt, I. |author2=Allcock, L. |date=2014 |title=Hyaloteuthis pelagica |volume=2014 |page=e.T163294A994542 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T163294A994542.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| image = Hyaloteuthis pelagica.jpg

| display_parents = 2

| parent_authority = Gray, 1849

| taxon = Hyaloteuthis pelagica

| authority = (Bosc, 1802)

}}

Hyaloteuthis is a genus of squids in the family Ommastrephidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Hyaloteuthis pelagica, also known as the glassy flying squid or glass squid. The glassy flying squid grows up to {{convert|9|cm|abbr=on}} in lengthNesis, K. N. 1982. Abridged key to the cephalopod mollusks of the world's ocean. 385, ii pp. Light and Food Industry Publishing House, Moscow. (In Russian.). Translated into English by B. S. Levitov, ed. by L. A. Burgess (1987), Cephalopods of the world. T. F. H. Publications, Neptune City, NJ, 351pp. and is bioluminescent.{{cite journal |last1=Herring |first1=Peter J. |title=Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms |journal=Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence |date=1987 |issue=3|volume=1 |pages=147–163|doi=10.1002/bio.1170010303 |pmid=3503524 }}