''Illex'', commonly known as shortfin squids, is a

squid True squid are molluscs with an elongated soft body, large eyes, eight arms, and two tentacles in the superorder Decapodiformes, though many other molluscs within the broader Neocoleoidea are also called squid despite not strictly fitting t ...

genus in the family

Ommastrephidae Ommastrephidae is a family of squid containing three subfamilies, 11 genera, and over 20 species. They are widely distributed globally and are extensively fished for food. One species, ''Todarodes pacificus'', comprises around half of the world's ...

and the only member of the subfamily Illicinae. It contains four species: * ''

Illex argentinus ''Illex argentinus'', commonly known as the Argentine shortfin squid is a species of squid in the family Ommastrephidae Ommastrephidae is a family of squid containing three subfamilies, 11 genera, and over 20 species. They are widely distrib ...

'', Argentine shortfin squid * '' Illex coindetii'', southern shortfin squid * ''

Illex illecebrosus ''Illex illecebrosus'', commonly known as the northern shortfin squid, is a species of Neritic zone, neritic squids in the Family (biology), family Ommastrephidae. Squids of the genus Illex account for 65% of the world’s cephalopod captures. Il ...

'', northern shortfin squid * '' Illex oxygonius'', sharptail shortfin squid

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* Squid Cephalopod genera {{Squid-stub