>00< And different websites give different answers. Cuttlefish is translated as "sotong", squid is also translated as "sotong", and octopus is translated as "sotong kurita ". Using an online English-Malay translator, I try to clarify what exactly does the Malay word sotong stand for - squid, cuttlefish or octopus (Grilled sambal sotong is one of the must-haves when you go for beach holidays in Malaysia). Octopus: This is easier to differentiate, as it has eight equal-size tentacles and a roundish head.Īnd yes, it's not exactly that common, but we've sighted cuttlefish while snorkelling/diving in Tioman and Tarutao, just like on the right. And finding that I am still having trouble telling squid and cuttlefish apart, Remi explains that squid has longer tentacles than cuttlefish. In French, squid is calmar in Italian, it is calamaro.so now I know why we also call squid calamari. Also ten tentacles, two of which are very long.
Squid: Has elongated heads and slender torpedo-shaped bodies. Am I getting more sotong? I find myself asking questions that should have already been addressed in primary school science, like what is lamb and how is it related to sheep, or how many tentacles does a cuttlefish have, as opposed to a squid and are we talking about the same sea creature?Īccording to my Ultimate Book of Fish and Shellfish, they are "cephalopods" (now, this word is definitely new to me), a type of mollusc which makes them a closer relative to snails than to fish.Ĭuttlefish: Has a flattened oval head and eight stubby tentacles and two long tentacles for catching its prey.
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