Loligo forbesii is a commercially important species of
squid in the family
Loliginidae. It can be found in the seas around Europe, its range extending through the
Red Sea toward the
East African coast. The squid lives at depths of 10 to 500 m (30 to 1,600 ft), feeding on fish,
polychaetes,
crustaceans, and other
cephalopods.Illustration: Comingio Merculiano