Fishing for Market squid

The market squid is a small, translucent, torpedo-shaped squid with eight arms, two longer tentacles, and fins forming a rounded flap at the rear of the mantle. Milky white to mottled brown, it flashes color when active. It lives in coastal waters of the eastern Pacific. Mantle length reaches about 8 inches; it forms huge spawning schools over sandy bottoms. This summary was AI generated