Sepia acuminata

Sepia acuminata is a species of cuttlefish native to the southwestern Indian Ocean, from Port Elizabeth, South Africa to Somalia (01º30'N–30ºS), and Madagascar. It lives at a depth of between 44 and 369 m.^[3]

Sepia acuminata
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Sepiida
Family:	Sepiidae
Genus:	Sepia
Subgenus:	Rhombosepion
Species:	S. acuminata
Binomial name
Sepia acuminata Smith, 1916[2]

Females are slightly larger than males, growing to 120 mm and 100 mm in mantle length, respectively.^[3]

The type specimen was collected near Tongaat Beach, Port Elizabeth, South Africa^[3] and is held in the Natural History Museum, London.^[4]