Abraliopsis gilchristi is a species of enoploteuthid cephalopod found in southern temperate waters of the south Pacific Ocean, from New Zealand to South Africa, where it is abundant.

[2] It undergoes a vertical daily migration, spending the day at depth and moving closer to the surface at night[4] to feed on copepods, euphausiids and hyperiids.

[2] It was first described in 1924 as Abralia gilchristi by Guy Coburn Robson.

[5][6] The specific name honours the Scottish zoologist John Gilchrist (1866-1926) who was the first director of the Marine Biological Survey in Cape Town.

[7] The type specimen was taken off Cape Town and is held in the Natural History Museum, London.