Common name : Pfeffer’s flamboyant cuttlefish
Scientific name : Metasepia pfefferi
Family : Sepiidae
Native to : Indo-Pacific Ocean
Interesting fact : Flamboyant cuttlefish is the only known poisonous cuttlefish.
Conservation status : Data Deficient
This colourful, flamboyant cuttlefish is patterned and can change its body colour in a flash. Measuring 8 cm, it has three pairs of papillae on the back, broad, blade-like arms and arm suckers arranged in four rows. With a small cuttlebone it can float only for a short time; instead, they walk on the sea floor and eat fish and crustaceans.
