Species FAO code: OKJ

Octopus variabilis

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description
Combined Nomenclature

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Belgium	fr Poulpe nl Octopus nl Achtarmige inktvis nl Inktvis	–
Czech Republic	cs Chobotnice	–
Denmark	da Ottearmet blæksprutte	–
Estonia	et Muutlik kaheksajalg	–
Germany	de Octopus de Pulpo de Krake	–
Portugal	pt Polvo	–
Slovenia	sl hobotnice	–

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

Source: Palomares, M.L.D. and D. Pauly. Editors. SeaLifeBase. Octopus variabilis (Sasaki, 1929)

Habitat

Saltwater

FAO major fishing areas

List item: Pacific, Northwest

Area 61 - Pacific, Northwest

Source: Palomares, M.L.D. and D. Pauly. Editors. SeaLifeBase. Octopus variabilis (Sasaki, 1929)

Scientific name

Octopus variabilis

Author

(Sasaki, 1929)

Rank

Species

FAO code

OKJ

Taxonomic classification

ClassCephalopoda
- OrderOctopoda
  - FamilyOctopodidae
    - GenusOctopus
      - SpeciesOctopus variabilis

Synonyms

Polypus variabilis var. typicus Sasaki, 1929
Polypus variabilis Sasaki, 1929

Source: Palomares, M.L.D. and D. Pauly. Editors. SeaLifeBase. Octopus variabilis (Sasaki, 1929)

An annually revised goods classification scheme used in EU for the purposes of customs duty and foreign trade statistics. The scheme is based on the Harmonized System nomenclature, further extended with Community subdivisions. Each subdivision is identified by an eight-digit numerical code. Read more: Combined Nomenclature

03 — CHAPTER 3 - FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES
- 0307 — Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked molluscs, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; flours, meals and pellets of molluscs, fit for human consumption
  - Octopus (Octopus spp.)
    - 0307 51 00 — Live, fresh or chilled
    - 0307 59 — Other
      - 0307 59 05 — Smoked, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process, not otherwise prepared
      - Other
        0307 59 10 — Frozen
        0307 59 90 — Other
16 — CHAPTER 16 - PREPARATIONS OF MEAT, OF FISH OR OF CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS OR OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES
- 1605 — Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved
  - Molluscs
    - 1605 55 00 — Octopus

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Octopus variabilis

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Pots (traps)

Pots and traps

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 61 - Pacific, Northwest