The specimens for study were collected in April. 1982 from thesouthern East China Sea by Dong Hai Fisheries Research Institute. Six species belonging to 6 genera in 4 families have been identified, of which 2species are the first time record from the East China Sea. The species identified are listed below: Ⅰ. Enoploteuthidae 1. Enoploteuthis Chunii Ishikawa 2. Pterygioteuthis giardi Fischer Ⅱ. Ommastrephidae 3. Rhynchoteuthion stage of Ommastrephes bartrami (Lesueur) 4. Rhynchoteuthion stage of Symplectoteuthis oualaniensis (Lesson) Ⅲ. Loliginidae 5. Loligo edulis Hoyle Ⅳ. Octopodidae 6. Octopus vulgaris Cuvier