. 2 cm (from Vecchione et al. 1989) Common Name: bay squid Scientific Name: Lolliguncula brevis Other Common Names: Atlantic brief squid (Turgeon et al. 1988), thumbstall squid (Andrews 1981); brief squid, short squid, least squid (Bane et al. 1985); common gulf squid (Dillion and Dial 1962); calmar doigtier (French), calamar dedal (Spanish) (Fischer 1978). Classification (Turgeon et al. 1988) Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Order: Teuthoidea Family: Loliginidae Value Commercial: The bay squid has been neglected as a fishery resource primarily because of its small size (Hixon 1980b). The l
. 2 cm (from Vecchione et al. 1989) Common Name: bay squid Scientific Name: Lolliguncula brevis Other Common Names: Atlantic brief squid (Turgeon et al. 1988), thumbstall squid (Andrews 1981); brief squid, short squid, least squid (Bane et al. 1985); common gulf squid (Dillion and Dial 1962); calmar doigtier (French), calamar dedal (Spanish) (Fischer 1978). Classification (Turgeon et al. 1988) Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Order: Teuthoidea Family: Loliginidae Value Commercial: The bay squid has been neglected as a fishery resource primarily because of its small size (Hixon 1980b). The low demand for squid and the high cost of capture makes a directed squid fishery in the Gulf of Mexico financially unfeasible (Hixon et al. 1980). Squid sold through commercial fisherman are typically acquired as incidental catch from trawling for shrimp and fish (Fischer 1978, Voss and Brakonieki 1984). The larger squid species (Loligo p/e/'/and L pealeii) are the ones usually taken. The bay squid is sometimes sold in Texas supermarkets, but, although edible, is not especially popular as a consumer food (Voss and Brakonieki 1984). This species is some- times used in neurologic research because of the large axon characteristic of the cephalopod molluscs. Recreational: Bay squid is often used as bait in off- shore sport fishing (Bane et al. 1985). Indicator of Environmental Stress: Bay squid is not typically used as an indicator species in studies of environmental stress. Ecological: The bay squid is one of the few cephalo- pods that can tolerate estuarine salinities, and is often an abundant pelagic species in estuaries (Dragovich and Kelly 1967). It consumes shrimp and small fishes and is preyed upon by larger fishes. Range Overall: The range of the bay squid includes the western Atlantic Ocean from New Jersey, Delaware Bay southward to Florida, throughout the Gulf of Mexico and along the Caribbean mainland, and southward to Rio de la Plata in South America (Voss 1956, Fis
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