Hi Ferret,
There are a couple of good photographs of Caribbean reef squid on the internet Cephalopod Page at:

http://is.dal.ca/~ceph/TCP/Ssepioidea.html

These are obviously juveniles, about ½ size. The photos were taken at night. Their daytime color is a deep chocolate brown.

Although it may be a bit surprising that cuttlefish have not emigrated to the Americas, I can assure you that they have not , yet. At least, they have never been found alive on North or South America or even Hawaii, except in aquariums.

Best regards,
Roland

Roland

Roland C. Anderson, Puget Sound Biologist
The Seattle Aquarium
1483 Alaskan Way
Seattle WA 98101 USA
phone: 206-386-4359
See our website: www.seattleaquarium.org

>>> ferreter <[log in to unmask]> 11/11 7:58 AM >>>
Roland , before i back down to what i saw i need to see and image of
Sepioteuthis sepioidea. gota see the evidence . after all ,baby  cephalopods
are  pelagic and drift with the other planktonic sea life  so why wouldn't
they be able to survive the round trip from Africa through the Sargasso sea
to the Americas ? just clinging desperately to my witness, ferret
-----Original Message-----
From: Roland Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, November 11, 1999 3:06 PM
Subject: Re: Cuttlefish


>Andrew, Ferreter, et al.,
>There are no cuttlefish in American waters. Abbott is correct in that
regard. We have the Caribbean reef squid which looks like a cuttlefish and
hence its name: . A different species Sepioteuthis lessoniana is sometimes
found in Hawaii.
>Roland
>
>Roland C. Anderson, Puget Sound Biologist
>The Seattle Aquarium
>1483 Alaskan Way
>Seattle WA 98101 USA
>phone: 206-386-4359
>See our website: www.seattleaquarium.org
>
>>>> Andrew D Dickson <[log in to unmask]> 11/10 5:51 AM >>>
>Dear Bob and Mark,
>
>Actually a couple of divers have told me about their cuttlefish
>sightings.  One told me he sees them at night off  Palm Beach all the
>time.  The second edition of American Seashells (page 571) says that they
>are not found in these waters.
>
>Andrew Dickson
>[log in to unmask]
>