Editing Pyroteuthidae (section)

{{Short description|Family of squids}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Pyroteuthismargaritifera.jpg
| taxon = Pyroteuthidae
| authority = [[Georg Johann Pfeffer|Pfeffer]], 1912
| type_genus = ''Pyroteuthis''
| type_genus_authority = [[William Evans Hoyle|Hoyle]], 1904<ref name = WoRMS>{{cite WoRMS|author=Julian Finn|title =Pyroteuthidae, Hoyle 1904|id=23109|access-date=18 March 2018|db=MolluscaBase|year=2016}}</ref>
| subdivision_ranks = [[Genus|Genera]]
| subdivision = 
''[[Pterygioteuthis]]''<br />
''[[Pyroteuthis]]''
}}

'''Pyroteuthidae''' (the '''fire squids''') is a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[squid]]s. The family comprises two [[genus|genera]]. Species are [[Diurnality|diurnally]] [[Mesopelagic zone|mesopelagic]], migrating into surface waters during the night. The family is characterised by the [[tentacle]]s, which have a permanent constriction and bend near the base; and [[photophore]]s occurring on the tentacles, eyeballs, and [[Organ (biology)|viscera]]. Members reach [[mantle (mollusc)|mantle]] lengths of 23–50&nbsp;mm. Paralarvae of the family are common around the [[Hawaiian Islands]], with up to 17% of collected specimens in the area belonging to Pyroteuthidae.<ref>John R. Bower, Michael P. Seki, Richard E. Young, Keith A. Bigelow, Jed Hirota, Pierre Flament. [https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v185/p203-212/ Cephalopod paralarvae assemblages in Hawaiian Islands waters], 14 November 2008.</ref>