Doryteuthis roperi, commonly known as the roper inshore squid, is a small-sized species of squid in the Loliginidae family. It has a maximum mantle length of .CEPHALOPODS-Vol2.vp (fao.org) It is found in the Western Atlantic Ocean; the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, at a depth of between .First Documentation of the Roper Inshore Squid, Loligo roperi (Cohen 1976), in the Gulf of Mexico
Description Doryteuthis roperi has a long, slender mantle and rhomboidal shaped fins.
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