| Taonius pavo | |
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| Drawing of Taonius pavo | |
|  Scientific classification   | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Mollusca | 
| Class: | Cephalopoda | 
| Order: | Oegopsida | 
| Family: | Cranchiidae | 
| Genus: | Taonius | 
| Species: | T. pavo  | 
| Binomial name | |
| Taonius pavo | |
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Taonius pavo is a species of glass squid found in the Atlantic Ocean. Its exact geographic distribution is uncertain, but it may extend to the southwestern Indian Ocean through the Agulhas Current. [3]
They are eaten by the sperm whale in Southeast Asia, southern Australia, Hawaii, and North Atlantic waters. [4] [5] [6] [7]