Pacific krill

Taxobox
name = Pacific krill


image_caption = A nauplius of "Euphausia pacifica" hatching from its egg
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Crustacea
classis = Malacostraca
ordo = Euphausiacea
familia = Euphausiidae
genus = "Euphausia"
species = "E. pacifica"
binomial = "Euphausia pacifica"
binomial_authority = Hansen, 1911

Pacific krill, "Euphausia pacifica", is a euphausid that lives in the Pacific Ocean.

Pacific krill is fished intensively in the waters around Japan, where it is called "isada krill" or "tsunonashi okiami" (ツノナシオキアミ). The annual catch of krill in Japanese seas is limited to 70,000 metric tonnes by governmental regulations.

In the Pacific Ocean off the shores of the United States and Canada, "E. pacifica" is an important prey item of Cassin's Auklet and other planktivorous seabirds.