Enoploteuthis obliqua Burgess 1982

Enoploteuthis obliqua Burgess, 1982

ORIGINAL REFERENCE.—Enoploteuthis obliqua Burgess, 1982:704, figs. 1, 2A.

DEPOSITION OF TYPES.—Holotype: USNM 729722, male, 55 mm ML, R/V Townsend Cromwell sta 48–11, central Pacific, 11°47′N, 144°47′W, 31 Mar 1970, good condition.

Paratypes: USNM 577605, female, 50 mm ML, R/V Townsend Cromwell sta 46–9, central Pacific, 11°49′N, 144°51′W, 14 Oct 1969, good condition. USNM 729713, male, 41 mm ML, same lot as preceding, good condition. USNM 729688, male, 58 mm ML, R/V Townsend Cromwell sta 48–19, central Pacific, 11°34′N, 144°54′W, 3 Apr 1970, good condition.

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.—Equatorial regions of the central and eastern Pacific (Burgess, 1982; Okutani and Tsukada, 1988).