Humboldt Squid

• GeneralIt changes colour in waves of red and white to communicate; it lives only a year or two and grows to 2 m.
• It is the largest squid in its family and supports one of the largest cephalopod fisheries in the world, above all in Peru, Chile and Mexico.
• It grows extraordinarily fast: it reaches more than a metre and tens of kilos in little over a year, and dies after breeding.
• It hunts in large groups and is said to turn cannibal when hooked.
• Its range has shifted north strikingly: during warm events it has reached Alaska, far beyond its historical range.
• It tolerates the oxygen minimum zone, where it hunts with almost no competition, suppressing its metabolism while it is there.
• It flashes rapidly between red and white, which has earned it the name red devil.

Habitat and environment

Ocean waters of the Humboldt Current, 0-1,200 m

Sources consulted: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dosidicus_gigas