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Penaeus brevirostris   Kingsley, 1878

Crystal shrimp
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Costa Rica country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: C: Ref. 83922.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cs.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Vargas, R. and I.S. Wehrtmann, 2009
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Malacostraca > Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Penaeidae (penaeid shrimps)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 20 - 180 m (Ref. 83922).   Tropical, preferred 26°C (Ref. 107945); 32°N - 5°S, 116°W - 77°W (Ref. 75620)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Pacific Ocean: Mexico to Peru and the Galapagos.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 15.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8); 17 cm TL (female)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum carapace length: 5.6 cm (Ref. 8). Prefers mud and sandy mud bottoms (Refs. 8, 83922) (Ref. 8).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Holthuis, L.B. 1980. (Ref. 8)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Fisheries: ; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 15.9 - 27, mean 23.2 (based on 121 cells).
Prior r = 0.55, 95% CL = 0.36 - 0.82, Based on 1 data-limited stock assessment.
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.