Loliginidae, commonly known as pencil squids, is an aquatic family of squid classified in the order Myopsida.
Taxonomy
The family Loliginidae was formerly classified in the order Teuthida.
Taxonomic list
thumb|[[Doryteuthis opalescens paralarva]]
thumb|[[Loliolus sumatrensis]]
thumb|[[Lolliguncula brevis]]
thumb|[[Caribbean reef squid<br/>(Sepioteuthis sepioidea)]]
thumb|[[Bigfin reef squid<br/>(Sepioteuthis lessoniana)]]
The classification below (including 47 species) follows Vecchione et al. (2005) and the Tree of Life Web Project (2010).
Several doubtfully distinct species have also been described; see the genus articles for these.
- Genus Afrololigo
- Afrololigo mercatoris, Guinean thumbstall squid
- Genus Alloteuthis
- Alloteuthis africana, African squid
- Alloteuthis media, midsize squid
- Alloteuthis subulata, European common squid
- Genus Doryteuthis
- Subgenus Amerigo
- Doryteuthis gahi, Patagonian squid
- Doryteuthis ocula, bigeye inshore squid
- Doryteuthis opalescens, opalescent inshore squid
- Doryteuthis pealeii, longfin inshore squid
- Doryteuthis surinamensis, Surinam squid
- Subgenus Doryteuthis
- Doryteuthis plei, slender inshore squid
- Doryteuthis roperi, Roper inshore squid
- Subgenus unnamed
- Doryteuthis sanpaulensis, São Paulo squid
- Genus Heterololigo
- Heterololigo bleekeri, spear squid
- Genus Loligo
- Loligo forbesii, veined squid
- Loligo reynaudii, Cape Hope squid or chokka
- Loligo vulgaris, European squid
- Genus Loliolus
- Subgenus Loliolus
- Loliolus affinis
- Loliolus hardwickei
- Subgenus Nipponololigo
- Loliolus beka, Beka squid
- Loliolus japonica, Japanese squid
- Loliolus sumatrensis, Kobi squid
- Loliolus uyii, little squid
- Genus Lolliguncula
- Subgenus Loliolopsis
- Lolliguncula diomedeae, dart squid or shortarm gonate squid
- Subgenus Lolliguncula
- Lolliguncula argus Argus brief squid
- Lolliguncula brevis, Atlantic brief squid
- Lolliguncula panamensis, Panama brief squid
- Genus Pickfordiateuthis
- Pickfordiateuthis bayeri Bayer's grass squid
- Pickfordiateuthis pulchella, grass squid
- Pickfordiateuthis vossi Voss' grass squid
- Pickfordiateuthis sp. A
- Genus Sepioteuthis
- Sepioteuthis australis, southern reef squid or southern calamary
- Sepioteuthis lessoniana, bigfin reef squid or northern calamary
- Sepioteuthis sepioidea, Caribbean reef squid
- Genus Uroteuthis
- Subgenus Aestuariolus
- Uroteuthis noctiluca, luminous bay squid
- Subgenus Photololigo
- Uroteuthis abulati
- Uroteuthis arabica
- Uroteuthis bengalensis
- Uroteuthis chinensis, mitre squid
- Uroteuthis duvaucelii, Indian squid
- Uroteuthis edulis, swordtip squid
- Uroteuthis robsoni
- Uroteuthis sibogae, Siboga squid
- Uroteuthis singhalensis, long barrel squid
- Uroteuthis vossi
- Subgenus Uroteuthis
- Uroteuthis bartschi, Bartsch's squid
- Subgenus incertae sedis
- Uroteuthis pickfordae, Siboga squid
- Uroteuthis reesi
Fossil taxa
In 2025, numerous Cretaceous-aged fossil loliginids, dating back to the earliest Cenomanian, were identified from fossil beaks preserved in the Yezo Group of Hokkaido, Japan. The following genera were described.