Pterygioteuthis

{{Short description|Genus of squids}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Cephalop.jpg

| image_caption =Pterygioteuthis giardi

| taxon = Pterygioteuthis

| authority = Fischer, 1896{{cite WoRMS|title=Pterygioteuthis, Fischer, 1896|id=138422|author=Julian Finn|year=2016|access-date=18 March 2018|db=MolluscaBase}}

| type_species = Pterygioteuthis giardi

| type_species_authority = Fischer, 1896

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• Pterygioteuthis gemmata Chun, 1908
• Pterygioteuthis giardi Fischer, 1896
• Pterygioteuthis hoylei (Pfeffer, 1912)
• Pterygioteuthis microlampas Berry, 1913

}}

Pterygioteuthis is a genus of squid in the family Pyroteuthidae. Members are differentiated from the genus Pyroteuthis due to size and head shape. The genus is characterised by the presence of a lidded photophore over each eye.