{{Short description|Family of squids}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Pyroteuthismargaritifera.jpg | taxon = Pyroteuthidae | authority = Pfeffer, 1912 | type_genus = ''Pyroteuthis'' | type_genus_authority = Hoyle, 1904<ref name = WoRMS>{{cite WoRMS|author=Julian Finn|title =Pyroteuthidae, Hoyle 1904|id=23109|access-date=18 March 2018|db=MolluscaBase|year=2016}}</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = ''Pterygioteuthis''<br /> ''Pyroteuthis'' }}
'''Pyroteuthidae''' (the '''fire squids''') is a family of squids. The family comprises two genera. Species are diurnally mesopelagic, migrating into surface waters during the night. The family is characterised by the tentacles, which have a permanent constriction and bend near the base; and photophores occurring on the tentacles, eyeballs, and viscera. Members reach mantle lengths of 23–50 mm. Paralarvae of the family are common around the Hawaiian Islands, with up to 17% of collected specimens in the area belonging to Pyroteuthidae.<ref>John R. Bower, Michael P. Seki, Richard E. Young, Keith A. Bigelow, Jed Hirota, Pierre Flament. [https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v185/p203-212/ Cephalopod paralarvae assemblages in Hawaiian Islands waters], 14 November 2008.</ref>
==Species== *Genus ''Pterygioteuthis'' **''Pterygioteuthis gemmata'' **''Pterygioteuthis giardi'', roundear enope squid **''Pterygioteuthis hoylei'' **''Pterygioteuthis microlampas'' *Genus ''Pyroteuthis'' **''Pyroteuthis addolux'' **''Pyroteuthis margaritifera'', jewel enope squid **''Pyroteuthis serrata''
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{CephBase Family|Pyroteuthidae}} *[http://tolweb.org/Pyroteuthidae Tree of Life web project: ''Pyroteuthidae'']
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Category:Pyroteuthidae Category:Enoploteuthoidea
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