{{Short description|Genus of squids}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Todarodes filippovae 491 mm ML.jpg | image_caption = ''Todarodes filippovae'' | taxon = Todarodes | authority = Steenstrup, 1880<ref name = WoRMS>{{cite WoRMS |author= Julian Finn |year= 2016|title=''Todarodes'' Steenstrup, 1880 |id=138281 |access-date=11 March 2018|db=MolluscaBase}}</ref> | type_species = ''Loligo sagittata'' | type_species_authority = Lamarck, 1798 }}
'''''Todarodes''''' is a genus of flying squid from the subfamily Todarodinae, of which it is the type genus.<ref name = WoRMS/> The genus contains five species which are partially allopatric but between them their distributions encompass most of the world's oceans and seas. These squid have a funnel groove with foveola, a hectocotylised fourth arm and tentacular stalks which lack free trabeculae.<ref name = ToL>{{cite web | author1 = Vecchione, Michael | author2 = Richard E. Young | name-list-style = amp | year = 2011 | title = ''Todarodes'' Steenstrup 1880. Version 30 November 2011 (under construction) | url = http://tolweb.org/Todarodes/19939/2011.11.30 | publisher = The Tree of Life Web Project}}</ref>
==Species== The following species are members of ''Todarodes'', with their vernacular names:<ref name = WoRMS/><ref name = FAO>{{cite book | editor1 = P. Jereb | editor2 = C.F.E. Roper | year = 2010 | title = Cephalopods of the World an Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cephalopod Species Known to Date Volume 2 Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids | publisher = Food and Agriculture Organization Rome | isbn = 978-92-5-106720-8 | pages = 322–333 | url = http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf}}</ref>
*''Todarodes angolensis'' <small>Adam, 1962</small> Angolan flying squid *''Todarodes filippovae'' <small>Adam, 1975</small> Antarctic flying squid *''Todarodes pacificus'' <small>(Steenstrup, 1880)</small> Japanese flying squid *''Todarodes pusillus'' <small>Dunning, 1988</small> little flying squid *''Todarodes sagittatus'' <small>(Lamarck, 1798)</small> European flying squid
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Category:Todarodes Category:Todarodinae Category:Cephalopod genera