Family Gonatidae
Genus Gonatus Gray, 1849
1849. Cat. Moll. Coll. Brit. Mus., pt. 1, p. 67.
Type Species (monotypy): Onychoteuthis? amoena Moller (= Sepia loligo Fabricius)

Gonatus fabricii (Lichtenstein, 1818)

• 1818. Onychoteuthis fabricii Lichtenstein, Isis, 1818, p. 3.
• 1886. Gonatus fabricii Hoyle, Challenger Rep., 16, p. 41.
• 1929. Gonatus fabricii Sasaki, Journ. Coll. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ., 20 (Supplement), p. 266.

A single specimen in excellent condition from VUZ 94 agrees with descriptions of this species in all particulars. This is the first record from New Zealand waters.

Locality: VUZ 94, approx. 42° 2′ S, 175° 22′ E, in 500–600 fathoms over c. 1,400 fathoms.