Dimensions: Body length up to 90 cm, weight up to 10.2 kg.
Where they live: It is distributed in the subtropical and temperate waters of the northwestern Pacific Ocean along the coast east of the southern Kuril Islands and Japan. In the Sea of Japan, it is found along the mainland coast from Busan to northern Primorye, and from Tsushima Island to southwestern Sakhalin along the shores of the islands. It lives at depths up to 450 m.
Shelf life: butchered cephalopods – no more than 18 months; Storage temperature - no higher than -18 °C.