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{{Taxobox

| name = Northern Shortfin Squid

| image = Illex-illecebrosus.jpg

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Mollusca

| classis = Cephalopoda

| ordo = Teuthida

| familia = Ommastrephidae

| genus = Illex

| species = I. illecebrosus

| binomial = Illex illecebrosus

| binomial_authority = Lesueur, 1821

| synonyms =*Loligo brongnartii
Blainville, 1823

  • Loligo illecebrosus
    Lesueur, 1821
  • Loligo piscatorum
    LaPylaie, 1825

}}

The Northern shortfin squid is a commercially-important species of squid from the family Ommastrephidae.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thecephalopodpage.org/illex.php|title=Illex illecebrosus, Short-finned squid|accessdate=2010-03-15|author=James B. Wood|publisher=Dalhousie University and the University of Texas Medical Branch|date=1995|work=The Cephalopod Page|format=html}} Also known as the "Sea Arrow" or "Flying Calamary," this highly migratory squid is found from the Labrador Sea through the Straits of FloridaGoode, G.B. 1884. [http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/publications/classics/goode1884/1-4.pdf The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section I: Natural history of useful aquatic animals. Govt. Print. Office, Washington, DC. Plates.].Cargnelli, L., Griesbach, S., and Zetlin, C. 1999. [http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/publications/tm/tm147/tm147.pdf Northern Shortfin Squid, Illex illecebrosus, Life History and Habitat Characteristics.] NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE-147.

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