Sepia elegans, the elegant cuttlefish, is a species of cuttlefish in the family Sepiidae from the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It is an important species for fisheries in some parts of the Mediterranean where its population may have suffered from overfishing.

Description Sepia elegans is a small species of cuttlefish which has an elongated mantle which is oval in shape and has a length that is more than two times greater than its width, with a maximum mantle length of 80mm. It has a short, broad tentacular club which is blunt towards its tip and has 6-8 suckers in oblique, crosswise rows. with three very enlarged suckers in the central part of the club. It has short arms and these are less than half the total length of the head and arms, each arm has two rows of suckers. The edge of the dorsal margin of the mantle protrudes at its anterior end in a lobe between the animal's eyes. The fins have their origin a short distance from the anterior edge of the mantle gut do not extend beyond mantle's anterior margin and they do not get wider towards the rear. The underside of the mantle has a longitudinal row of 6 narrow ridges along each side near the fins; the middle 2 pairs being larger than the posterior 2 pairs and the posterior 2 pairs. It is coloured red through to brown on its back, however, other describers give the overall colour as reddish brown.