Red Squid
Average size: 20 cm
Maximum size: 60 cm
The red squid is a cephalopod mollusk very well known in the Amalfi Coast. It resemble the more famous squid from which it mainly differs in the shape of the fins (arrow-shaped). It has ten tentacles, two of them longer, and an internal shell. It is caught on sandy bottoms with nets, but in the Amalfi Coast is also caught by night with the help of acetylene lamps and special fishing lines. The red squid fishing techniques have developed a lot during the last years.
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Roberto Sandulli, “Dentro al mare della Costa d'Amalfi" guida alla fauna marina della Costiera Amalfitana, Ecostiera edizioni, anno 1999