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Family: Octopodidae octopuses (See list of species below)

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22 species in Atlantic, Southwest with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

Amphioctopus burryi [Brown-striped octopus]	Callistoctopus macropus [White-spotted octopus]	No picture found Euaxoctopus pillsburyae [Map octopus]
No picture found Graneledone macrotyla []	No picture found Graneledone yamana []	Macrotritopus defilippi [Lilliput longarm octopus]
Octopus briareus [Caribbean reef octopus]	No picture found Octopus burryi [Brownstriped octopus]	No picture found Octopus filosus [Bumblebee octopus]
Octopus insularis [Brazil reef octopus]	No picture found Octopus joubini [Atlantic pygmy octopus]	No picture found Octopus lobensis [Lobed octopus]
No picture found Octopus pentherinus []	Octopus tehuelchus [Tehuelche octopus]	Octopus vulgaris [Common octopus]
No picture found Pareledone charcoti [Charcot's octopus]	Pareledone turqueti [Turquet's octopus]	Pteroctopus tetracirrhus [Fourhorn octopus]
Scaeurgus unicirrhus [Unihorn octopus]	No picture found Tetracheledone spinicirrhus [Spiny-horn octopus]	No picture found Thaumeledone brevis []
No picture found Vosseledone charrua [Charrua octopus]

22 Species of Family Octopodidae
(octopuses)

Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Amphioctopus burryi	Brown-striped octopus	Atlantic Ocean.	7 ML
Callistoctopus macropus	White-spotted octopus	Circumglobal in warm to t	18 ML
Euaxoctopus pillsburyae	Map octopus	Western Central Atlantic	20 TL
Graneledone macrotyla		Antarctic waters.
Graneledone yamana		Southwest Atlantic	8 ML
Macrotritopus defilippi	Lilliput longarm octopus	Atlantic, Indian oceans a	9 ML
Octopus briareus	Caribbean reef octopus	Western Atlantic	100 TL
Octopus burryi	Brownstriped octopus	Atlantic Ocean	7 ML
Octopus filosus	Bumblebee octopus	Western Atlantic and Cari	7.2 ML
Octopus insularis	Brazil reef octopus	Western Atlantic	12 ML
Octopus joubini	Atlantic pygmy octopus	Atlantic Ocean	15 TL
Octopus lobensis	Lobed octopus	Southwest Atlantic	10 ML
Octopus pentherinus		Southwest Atlantic.	3.7 DL
Octopus tehuelchus	Tehuelche octopus	Southwest Atlantic	30 TL
Octopus vulgaris	Common octopus	Circumglobal in temperate	180 TL
Pareledone charcoti	Charcot's octopus	Southwest Atlantic and An	6.5 ML
Pareledone turqueti	Turquet's octopus	Southern Atlantic and Ant	18 TL
Pteroctopus tetracirrhus	Fourhorn octopus	Atlantic and the Mediterr	13 ML
Scaeurgus unicirrhus	Unihorn octopus	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic an	12 ML
Tetracheledone spinicirrhus	Spiny-horn octopus	Western Atlantic. Tropic	26 TL
Thaumeledone brevis		Southwest Atlantic	2 ML
Vosseledone charrua	Charrua octopus	Southwest Atlantic	7.6 ML

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