Entomopsis alicei Joubin, 1900 Entomopsis velaini Rochebrune, 1884 Tracheloteuthis riisei Steenstrup, 1882 Verrilliola nympha Pfeffer, 1884 Brachioteuthis riisei is a species of squid in the family Brachioteuthidae.

It has a long, thin, cylindrical mantle which grows to from 10 to 17 cm in length.

[3] This species is widely distributed and is native to many parts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and the Mediterranean and Black Seas.

Juvenile animals occur throughout the year which suggests that this species has an extended spawning season, although the juveniles reach peak abundance between May and August and in February in the North Atlantic while the peaks in the Mediterranean and off Northwest Africa are from April to July, in September, and from December to February.

Brachioteuthis riisei is preyed upon by a range of marine mammals including Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris)[1] and striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba),[4] as well as by fish, for example the blue shark (Prionace glauca)[1] and, in the Azores, the swordfish (Xiphias gladius), as well as by the giant red shrimp (Aristaeomorpha foliacea) in the Sicilian Channel.