Sepia elegans is a small species of cuttlefish which has an elongated mantle which is oval in shape and has a length … See more

Sepia elegans is found in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea from the Shetland Islands, Scotland in the north south along the eastern shore of the Atlantic in Europe and Africa to 15°S and possibly to … See more

While crustaceans are the main food source of Sepia elegans, they also eat bony fish, as well as marine worms, such as Polychaeta. The preferred prey of this species of cuttlefish tends to remain constant th… See more

Sepia elegans occurs offshore on sandy and muddy substrates, as deep as 500m but it is very rare at depth greater than 450m. It is a sublittoral cuttlefish which spends the winter months in deeper water, at depths b… See more

Females tend to carry approximately 250 eggs, and have a potential fecundity (reproductive rate) of 513 to 1190, while males can have about 95 spermatophores. Eggs are released in shallow watered sea fans, shells… See more

Sepia elegans is sometimes caught as bycatch high numbers in parts of its geographic range. In the Mediterranean Sea it can be an important species in local markets and it is fished for intensively in the Sicilian Ch… See more