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Family: Penaeidae penaeid shrimps (See list of species below)

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211 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Alcockpenaeopsis hungerfordii [Dog shrimp]	No picture found Artemesia longinaris [Argentine stiletto shrimp]	No picture found Atypopenaeus bicornis []
No picture found Atypopenaeus compressipes []	No picture found Atypopenaeus dearmatus []	Atypopenaeus formosus [Orange shrimp]
Atypopenaeus stenodactylus [Periscope shrimp]	No picture found Batepenaeopsis tenella [Smoothshell shrimp]	No picture found Funchalia danae []
No picture found Funchalia sagamiensis []	Funchalia taaningi [Prawn]	Funchalia villosa []
No picture found Funchalia woodwardi [Woodward's pelagic shrimp]	No picture found Ganjampenaeopsis uncta [Uncta shrimp]	No picture found Heteropenaeus longimanus [Longarm prawn]
No picture found Holthuispenaeopsis atlantica [Guinea shrimp]	No picture found Kishinouyepenaeopsis cornuta [Coral shrimp]	No picture found Kishinouyepenaeopsis maxillipedo [Torpedo shrimp]
Macropetasma africana [Swimming shrimp]	No picture found Megokris akademik []	No picture found Megokris ghamrawyi []
No picture found Megokris gonospinifer [Northern rough shrimp]	Megokris granulosus [Coarse shrimp]	No picture found Megokris pescadoreensis [Bighead sand prawn]
No picture found Megokris sedili [Malayan rough shrimp]	No picture found Melicertus hathor []	Melicertus marginatus [Aloha prawn]
No picture found Metapenaeopsis acclivis [Tora velvet shrimp]	No picture found Metapenaeopsis aegyptia [Egyptian prawn]	No picture found Metapenaeopsis andamanensis [Rice velvet shrimp]
No picture found Metapenaeopsis angusta []	No picture found Metapenaeopsis assimilis []	Metapenaeopsis barbata [Whiskered velvet shrimp]
No picture found Metapenaeopsis beebei []	No picture found Metapenaeopsis borradailei [Reef shrimp]	No picture found Metapenaeopsis ceylonica []
No picture found Metapenaeopsis commensalis [Red shrimp]	No picture found Metapenaeopsis coniger []	No picture found Metapenaeopsis costata []
No picture found Metapenaeopsis crassissima [Stout velvet shrimp]	No picture found Metapenaeopsis dalei [Kishi velvet shrimp]	No picture found Metapenaeopsis difficilis []
No picture found Metapenaeopsis distincta []	No picture found Metapenaeopsis dura []	No picture found Metapenaeopsis erythraea []
No picture found Metapenaeopsis evermanni []	No picture found Metapenaeopsis faouzii []	No picture found Metapenaeopsis fusca []
No picture found Metapenaeopsis gaillardi []	No picture found Metapenaeopsis gallensis []	No picture found Metapenaeopsis gerardoi []
No picture found Metapenaeopsis goodei [Caribbean velvet shrimp]	No picture found Metapenaeopsis hilarula [Minstrel shrimp]	No picture found Metapenaeopsis hobbsi []
No picture found Metapenaeopsis incisa []	No picture found Metapenaeopsis ivanovi []	No picture found Metapenaeopsis kishinouyei [Insular velvet shrimp]
No picture found Metapenaeopsis kyushuensis []	Metapenaeopsis lamellata [Humpback prawn]	No picture found Metapenaeopsis lata [Broad velvet shrimp]
No picture found Metapenaeopsis laubieri []	No picture found Metapenaeopsis lindae []	No picture found Metapenaeopsis liui []
No picture found Metapenaeopsis mannarensis []	No picture found Metapenaeopsis manningi []	No picture found Metapenaeopsis marquesas []
No picture found Metapenaeopsis martinella []	No picture found Metapenaeopsis menoui []	No picture found Metapenaeopsis miersi [Miers shrimp]
No picture found Metapenaeopsis mineri []	Metapenaeopsis mogiensis [Mogi velvet shrimp]	Metapenaeopsis novaeguineae [Northern velvet shrimp]
Metapenaeopsis palmensis [Southern velvet shrimp]	No picture found Metapenaeopsis parahilarula []	No picture found Metapenaeopsis parapalmensis []
No picture found Metapenaeopsis persica []	No picture found Metapenaeopsis philippii [Philip velvet shrimp]	No picture found Metapenaeopsis propinqua [Velvet shrimp]
No picture found Metapenaeopsis provocatoria []	No picture found Metapenaeopsis proxima []	No picture found Metapenaeopsis quadrilobata []
No picture found Metapenaeopsis quinquedentata []	No picture found Metapenaeopsis richeri []	Metapenaeopsis rosea [Pink velvet shrimp]
No picture found Metapenaeopsis scotti []	No picture found Metapenaeopsis sibogae []	No picture found Metapenaeopsis sinica []
No picture found Metapenaeopsis sinuosa []	No picture found Metapenaeopsis smithi []	No picture found Metapenaeopsis spatulata []
No picture found Metapenaeopsis spiridonovi []	No picture found Metapenaeopsis stokmani []	Metapenaeopsis stridulans [Fiddler shrimp]
No picture found Metapenaeopsis tarawensis []	No picture found Metapenaeopsis tchekunovae []	No picture found Metapenaeopsis tenella []
Metapenaeopsis toloensis [Tolo velvet shrimp]	No picture found Metapenaeopsis vaillanti []	No picture found Metapenaeopsis velutina []
Metapenaeopsis wellsi []	Metapenaeus affinis [Jinga shrimp]	Metapenaeus alcocki [Fire shrimp]
Metapenaeus anchistus [Spiny greasyback shrimp]	Metapenaeus bennettae [Greentail shrimp]	Metapenaeus brevicornis [Yellow shrimp]
No picture found Metapenaeus conjunctus [Wood shrimp]	No picture found Metapenaeus dalli [Western school shrimp]	No picture found Metapenaeus demani [Demon shrimp]
Metapenaeus dobsoni [Kadal shrimp]	No picture found Metapenaeus eboracensis [York shrimp]	Metapenaeus elegans [Fine shrimp]
No picture found Metapenaeus endeavouri [Endeavour shrimp]	Metapenaeus ensis [Greasyback shrimp]	No picture found Metapenaeus insolitus [Emerald shrimp]
Metapenaeus intermedius [Middle shrimp]	No picture found Metapenaeus joyneri [Shiba shrimp]	No picture found Metapenaeus krishnatrii []
No picture found Metapenaeus kutchensis [Ginger shrimp]	No picture found Metapenaeus lysianassa [Bird shrimp]	Metapenaeus macleayi [Eastern school shrimp]
Metapenaeus monoceros [Speckled shrimp]	Metapenaeus moyebi [Moyebi shrimp]	No picture found Metapenaeus papuensis [Papua shrimp]
No picture found Metapenaeus philippinensis []	Metapenaeus stebbingi [Peregrine shrimp]	No picture found Metapenaeus suluensis []
No picture found Metapenaeus tenuipes [Stork shrimp]	Mierspenaeopsis hardwickii [Spear shrimp]	Mierspenaeopsis sculptilis [Rainbow shrimp]
No picture found Miyadiella ornata []	No picture found Miyadiella podophthalmus []	Parapenaeopsis acclivirostris [Hawknose shrimp]
No picture found Parapenaeopsis arafurica [Arafura shrimp]	No picture found Parapenaeopsis aroaensis []	No picture found Parapenaeopsis balli []
No picture found Parapenaeopsis gracillima [Thin shrimp]	No picture found Parapenaeopsis incisa []	No picture found Parapenaeopsis nana [Dwarf shrimp]
No picture found Parapenaeopsis sinica []	Parapenaeopsis stylifera [Kiddi shrimp]	No picture found Parapenaeopsis venusta [Adonis shrimp]
No picture found Parapenaeus americanus []	No picture found Parapenaeus australiensis [Australian rose shrimp]	No picture found Parapenaeus fissuroides []
No picture found Parapenaeus fissurus [Neptune rose shrimp]	No picture found Parapenaeus investigatoris [Explorer rose shrimp]	No picture found Parapenaeus lanceolatus [Lancer rose shrimp]
No picture found Parapenaeus longipes [Flamingo shrimp]	Parapenaeus longirostris [Deep-water rose shrimp]	No picture found Parapenaeus murrayi []
No picture found Parapenaeus perezfarfantae []	No picture found Parapenaeus politus [Rose shrimp]	No picture found Parapenaeus ruberoculatus []
No picture found Parapenaeus sextuberculatus [Domino shrimp]	Pelagopenaeus balboae []	No picture found Penaeopsis balssi [Scythe shrimp]
No picture found Penaeopsis challengeri []	No picture found Penaeopsis eduardoi []	No picture found Penaeopsis jerryi [Gondwana shrimp]
No picture found Penaeopsis mclaughlinae []	Penaeopsis rectacuta [Needle shrimp]	No picture found Penaeopsis serrata [Megalops shrimp]
Penaeus aztecus [Northern brown shrimp]	Penaeus brasiliensis [Red spotted shrimp]	No picture found Penaeus brevirostris [Crystal shrimp]
No picture found Penaeus californiensis [Yellowleg shrimp]	Penaeus canaliculatus [Witch prawn]	No picture found Penaeus chinensis [Fleshy prawn]
Penaeus duorarum [Pink shrimp]	Penaeus esculentus [Brown tiger prawn]	Penaeus indicus [Indian white prawn]
Penaeus japonicus [Kuruma prawn]	Penaeus kerathurus [Caramote prawn]	Penaeus latisulcatus [Western king prawn]
Penaeus longistylus [Redspot king prawn]	Penaeus merguiensis [Banana prawn]	Penaeus monodon [Giant tiger prawn]
Penaeus notialis [Southern pink shrimp]	No picture found Penaeus occidentalis [Western white shrimp]	No picture found Penaeus paulensis [Sao Paulo shrimp]
Penaeus penicillatus [Redtail prawn]	Penaeus plebejus [Eastern king prawn]	Penaeus schmitti [Southern white shrimp]
Penaeus semisulcatus [Green tiger prawn]	Penaeus setiferus [Northern white shrimp]	Penaeus silasi [False white prawn]
No picture found Penaeus stylirostris [Blue shrimp]	Penaeus subtilis [Southern brown shrimp]	Penaeus vannamei [Whiteleg shrimp]
No picture found Protrachypene precipua [Titi shrimp]	No picture found Rimapenaeus byrdi [Carabali shrimp]	No picture found Rimapenaeus constrictus [Roughneck shrimp]
No picture found Rimapenaeus faoe [Indio shrimp]	No picture found Rimapenaeus fuscina [Pinto shrimp]	No picture found Rimapenaeus pacificus [Zebra shrimp]
No picture found Rimapenaeus similis [Yellow roughneck shrimp]	No picture found Tanypenaeus caribaeus []	No picture found Trachypenaeopsis minicoyensis []
No picture found Trachypenaeopsis mobilispinis []	No picture found Trachypenaeopsis richtersii [Richter's sand shrimp]	Trachypenaeus anchoralis [Hardback shrimp]
No picture found Trachysalambria albicoma []	No picture found Trachysalambria aspera []	No picture found Trachysalambria brevisuturae []
Trachysalambria curvirostris [Southern rough shrimp]	No picture found Trachysalambria longipes []	Trachysalambria malaiana [Brown rough shrimp]
No picture found Trachysalambria villaluzi []	No picture found Xiphopenaeus baueri []	No picture found Xiphopenaeus dincao []
Xiphopenaeus kroyeri [Atlantic seabob]

211 Species of Family Penaeidae
(penaeid shrimps)

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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Alcockpenaeopsis hungerfordii	Dog shrimp	Indo-West Pacific.	10.4 TL
Artemesia longinaris	Argentine stiletto shrimp	Southwest Atlantic	15.2 TL
Atypopenaeus bicornis		Western Central Pacific
Atypopenaeus compressipes		Indo-West Pacific	5 TL
Atypopenaeus dearmatus		Western Central Pacific
Atypopenaeus formosus	Orange shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	9.1 TL
Atypopenaeus stenodactylus	Periscope shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	5 TL
Batepenaeopsis tenella	Smoothshell shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	6.7 TL
Funchalia danae		Eastern Atlantic and Indo
Funchalia sagamiensis		Northwest Pacific
Funchalia taaningi	Prawn	Indo-Pacific.
Funchalia villosa		Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc
Funchalia woodwardi	Woodward's pelagic shrimp	Eastern Atlantic and Indo
Ganjampenaeopsis uncta	Uncta shrimp	Indian Ocean	12 TL
Heteropenaeus longimanus	Longarm prawn	Central Pacific
Holthuispenaeopsis atlantica	Guinea shrimp	Eastern Atlantic and West	17 TL
Kishinouyepenaeopsis cornuta	Coral shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	8.3 TL
Kishinouyepenaeopsis maxillipedo	Torpedo shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	12.1 TL
Macropetasma africana	Swimming shrimp	Southeast Atlantic and We	6.7 TL
Megokris akademik		Western Indian Ocean
Megokris ghamrawyi		Western Indian Ocean
Megokris gonospinifer	Northern rough shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	7.4 TL
Megokris granulosus	Coarse shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	11.2 TL
Megokris pescadoreensis	Bighead sand prawn	Indo-Pacific
Megokris sedili	Malayan rough shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	6 TL
Melicertus hathor		Indo-West Pacific
Melicertus marginatus	Aloha prawn	Indo-Pacific.	20.5 TL
Metapenaeopsis acclivis	Tora velvet shrimp	Northwest Pacific	9 TL
Metapenaeopsis aegyptia	Egyptian prawn	Eastern Mediterranean and
Metapenaeopsis andamanensis	Rice velvet shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	13.5 TL
Metapenaeopsis angusta		Western Central Pacific
Metapenaeopsis assimilis		Indo-Pacific
Metapenaeopsis barbata	Whiskered velvet shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	10.8 TL
Metapenaeopsis beebei		Eastern Central Pacific
Metapenaeopsis borradailei	Reef shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	6.4 TL
Metapenaeopsis ceylonica		Indo-West Pacific
Metapenaeopsis commensalis	Red shrimp	Indo-Pacific
Metapenaeopsis coniger		Indo-West Pacific
Metapenaeopsis costata		Western Central Pacific
Metapenaeopsis crassissima	Stout velvet shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	14 TL
Metapenaeopsis dalei	Kishi velvet shrimp	Northwest Pacific	7.63 TL
Metapenaeopsis difficilis		Central Pacific
Metapenaeopsis distincta		Western Central Pacific
Metapenaeopsis dura		Western Pacific
Metapenaeopsis erythraea		Western Indian Ocean
Metapenaeopsis evermanni		Central Pacific
Metapenaeopsis faouzii		Western Indian Ocean
Metapenaeopsis fusca		Indo-West Pacific
Metapenaeopsis gaillardi		Indo-Pacific
Metapenaeopsis gallensis		Indo-West Pacific
Metapenaeopsis gerardoi		Western Atlantic
Metapenaeopsis goodei	Caribbean velvet shrimp	Western Atlantic and the	2.1 CL
Metapenaeopsis hilarula	Minstrel shrimp	Indo-Pacific	7 TL
Metapenaeopsis hobbsi		Western Atlantic
Metapenaeopsis incisa		Western Indian Ocean
Metapenaeopsis ivanovi		Western Indian Ocean
Metapenaeopsis kishinouyei	Insular velvet shrimp	Eastern Pacific
Metapenaeopsis kyushuensis		Northwest Pacific
Metapenaeopsis lamellata	Humpback prawn	Indo-West Pacific	7.5 TL
Metapenaeopsis lata	Broad velvet shrimp	Western Pacific	5.9 TL
Metapenaeopsis laubieri		Western Central Pacific
Metapenaeopsis lindae		Eastern Indian Ocean
Metapenaeopsis liui		Indo-West Pacific
Metapenaeopsis mannarensis		Indo-West Pacific
Metapenaeopsis manningi		Western Indian Ocean
Metapenaeopsis marquesas		Central Pacific
Metapenaeopsis martinella		Western Atlantic
Metapenaeopsis menoui		Indo-West Pacific
Metapenaeopsis miersi	Miers shrimp	Eastern Atlantic	8.5 TL
Metapenaeopsis mineri		Eastern Central Pacific
Metapenaeopsis mogiensis	Mogi velvet shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	9 TL
Metapenaeopsis novaeguineae	Northern velvet shrimp	Western Central Pacific	10.1 TL
Metapenaeopsis palmensis	Southern velvet shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	10.5 TL
Metapenaeopsis parahilarula		Western Central Pacific
Metapenaeopsis parapalmensis		Western Central Pacific
Metapenaeopsis persica		Western Indian Ocean
Metapenaeopsis philippii	Philip velvet shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	13 TL
Metapenaeopsis propinqua	Velvet shrimp	Western Central Pacific
Metapenaeopsis provocatoria		Indo-West Pacific. Pére
Metapenaeopsis proxima		Western Indian Ocean
Metapenaeopsis quadrilobata		Western Indian Ocean
Metapenaeopsis quinquedentata		Indo-West Pacific
Metapenaeopsis richeri		Western Central Pacific
Metapenaeopsis rosea	Pink velvet shrimp	Western Central Pacific	12 TL
Metapenaeopsis scotti		Western Indian Ocean
Metapenaeopsis sibogae		Western Central Pacific
Metapenaeopsis sinica		Western Central Pacific
Metapenaeopsis sinuosa		Indo-West Pacific
Metapenaeopsis smithi		Western Central Atlantic
Metapenaeopsis spatulata		Western Central Pacific
Metapenaeopsis spiridonovi		Western Indian Ocean
Metapenaeopsis stokmani		Southeast Pacific
Metapenaeopsis stridulans	Fiddler shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	10 TL
Metapenaeopsis tarawensis		Indo-Pacific
Metapenaeopsis tchekunovae		Northwest Pacific
Metapenaeopsis tenella		Western Pacific
Metapenaeopsis toloensis	Tolo velvet shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	10 TL
Metapenaeopsis vaillanti		Western Indian Ocean
Metapenaeopsis velutina		Indo-Pacific
Metapenaeopsis wellsi		Indo-West Pacific
Metapenaeus affinis	Jinga shrimp	Indo-Pacific	22.2 TL
Metapenaeus alcocki	Fire shrimp	Western Indian Ocean	9.7 TL
Metapenaeus anchistus	Spiny greasyback shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	16.5 TL
Metapenaeus bennettae	Greentail shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	10.9 TL
Metapenaeus brevicornis	Yellow shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	15.2 TL
Metapenaeus conjunctus	Wood shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	10 TL
Metapenaeus dalli	Western school shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	8.5 TL
Metapenaeus demani	Demon shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	12.1 TL
Metapenaeus dobsoni	Kadal shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	13 TL
Metapenaeus eboracensis	York shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	11.1 TL
Metapenaeus elegans	Fine shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	8.1 TL
Metapenaeus endeavouri	Endeavour shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	17.5 TL
Metapenaeus ensis	Greasyback shrimp	Indo-West Pacific.	18.9 BL
Metapenaeus insolitus	Emerald shrimp	Western Central Pacific	11.1 TL
Metapenaeus intermedius	Middle shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	19.3 BL
Metapenaeus joyneri	Shiba shrimp	Western Pacific. Subtrop	12.5 TL
Metapenaeus krishnatrii		Western Indian Ocean
Metapenaeus kutchensis	Ginger shrimp	Western Indian Ocean	16.4 TL
Metapenaeus lysianassa	Bird shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	8.8 TL
Metapenaeus macleayi	Eastern school shrimp	Western Pacific	16.2 TL
Metapenaeus monoceros	Speckled shrimp	Indo-West Pacific and Sou	22.6 TL
Metapenaeus moyebi	Moyebi shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	9.7 TL
Metapenaeus papuensis	Papua shrimp	Western Central Pacific	11 TL
Metapenaeus philippinensis		Western Central Pacific
Metapenaeus stebbingi	Peregrine shrimp	Western Indian Ocean	13.9 TL
Metapenaeus suluensis		Western Central Pacific
Metapenaeus tenuipes	Stork shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	9.7 TL
Mierspenaeopsis hardwickii	Spear shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	13.5 TL
Mierspenaeopsis sculptilis	Rainbow shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	17 TL
Miyadiella ornata		Western Central Pacific
Miyadiella podophthalmus		Indo-West Pacific
Parapenaeopsis acclivirostris	Hawknose shrimp	Indian Ocean	7.3 TL
Parapenaeopsis arafurica	Arafura shrimp	Western Central Pacific	7.8 TL
Parapenaeopsis aroaensis		Western Central Pacific
Parapenaeopsis balli		Eastern Central Pacific
Parapenaeopsis gracillima	Thin shrimp	Indo-West Pacific
Parapenaeopsis incisa		Northwest Pacific
Parapenaeopsis nana	Dwarf shrimp	Indian Ocean	5.5 TL
Parapenaeopsis sinica		Northwest Pacific
Parapenaeopsis stylifera	Kiddi shrimp	Indian Ocean	14.9 TL
Parapenaeopsis venusta	Adonis shrimp	Western Central Pacific	4.5 TL
Parapenaeus americanus		Western Atlantic
Parapenaeus australiensis	Australian rose shrimp	Western Central Pacific	16 TL
Parapenaeus fissuroides		Indo-West Pacific	3.61 CL
Parapenaeus fissurus	Neptune rose shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	10.7 TL
Parapenaeus investigatoris	Explorer rose shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	8.2 TL
Parapenaeus lanceolatus	Lancer rose shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	7.5 TL
Parapenaeus longipes	Flamingo shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	7.9 TL
Parapenaeus longirostris	Deep-water rose shrimp	Atlantic and the Mediterr	19 TL
Parapenaeus murrayi		Indo-West Pacific
Parapenaeus perezfarfantae		Western Central Pacific
Parapenaeus politus	Rose shrimp	Western Atlantic
Parapenaeus ruberoculatus		Western Central Pacific
Parapenaeus sextuberculatus	Domino shrimp	Indo-West Pacific.	14 TL
Pelagopenaeus balboae		Atlantic and Indo-Pacific
Penaeopsis balssi	Scythe shrimp	Indo-West Pacific.	15 TL
Penaeopsis challengeri		Pacific Ocean.
Penaeopsis eduardoi		Indo-West Pacific
Penaeopsis jerryi	Gondwana shrimp	Indo-West Pacific
Penaeopsis mclaughlinae		Western Central Pacific
Penaeopsis rectacuta	Needle shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	13.1 TL
Penaeopsis serrata	Megalops shrimp	Atlantic Ocean and the Me	14 TL
Penaeus aztecus	Northern brown shrimp	Western Atlantic. Introd	23.6 TL
Penaeus brasiliensis	Red spotted shrimp	Western Atlantic	26 TL
Penaeus brevirostris	Crystal shrimp	Pacific Ocean	17 TL
Penaeus californiensis	Yellowleg shrimp	Eastern Pacific	22.2 TL
Penaeus canaliculatus	Witch prawn	Indo-Pacific	18.2 TL
Penaeus chinensis	Fleshy prawn	Northwest Pacific	22.3 BL
Penaeus duorarum	Pink shrimp	Western Atlantic and the	28 TL
Penaeus esculentus	Brown tiger prawn	Indo-Pacific	15.5 TL
Penaeus indicus	Indian white prawn	Indo-Pacific	23.5 TL
Penaeus japonicus	Kuruma prawn	Indo-West Pacific. Intro	30 TL
Penaeus kerathurus	Caramote prawn	Eastern Atlantic and the	23.5 TL
Penaeus latisulcatus	Western king prawn	Indo-West Pacific	22 TL
Penaeus longistylus	Redspot king prawn	Indo-West Pacific.	15.1 TL
Penaeus merguiensis	Banana prawn	Indo-West Pacific	24 TL
Penaeus monodon	Giant tiger prawn	Indo-Pacific	35 TL
Penaeus notialis	Southern pink shrimp	Atlantic Ocean	23 TL
Penaeus occidentalis	Western white shrimp	Eastern Pacific Ocean	22 TL
Penaeus paulensis	Sao Paulo shrimp	Southwest Atlantic	23.6 TL
Penaeus penicillatus	Redtail prawn	Indo-West Pacific	21.2 TL
Penaeus plebejus	Eastern king prawn	Indo-West Pacific	30 TL
Penaeus schmitti	Southern white shrimp	Southeast Pacific and Wes	23.5 TL
Penaeus semisulcatus	Green tiger prawn	Indo-West Pacific and the	26 TL
Penaeus setiferus	Northern white shrimp	Western Atlantic	22.4 TL
Penaeus silasi	False white prawn	Western Central Pacific
Penaeus stylirostris	Blue shrimp	Eastern Pacific	23 TL
Penaeus subtilis	Southern brown shrimp	Western Atlantic	20.5 TL
Penaeus vannamei	Whiteleg shrimp	Pacific Ocean	23 TL
Protrachypene precipua	Titi shrimp	Eastern Pacific	8.8 TL
Rimapenaeus byrdi	Carabali shrimp	Eastern Pacific	18.9 TL
Rimapenaeus constrictus	Roughneck shrimp	Western Atlantic and the	9.2 TL
Rimapenaeus faoe	Indio shrimp	Western Central Atlantic
Rimapenaeus fuscina	Pinto shrimp	Eastern Pacific	15 TL
Rimapenaeus pacificus	Zebra shrimp	Western Central Atlantic	9.9 TL
Rimapenaeus similis	Yellow roughneck shrimp	Western Atlantic	10.1 TL
Tanypenaeus caribaeus		Western Central Atlantic
Trachypenaeopsis minicoyensis		Western Indian Ocean
Trachypenaeopsis mobilispinis		Pacific Ocean and Western
Trachypenaeopsis richtersii	Richter's sand shrimp	Indo-Pacific
Trachypenaeus anchoralis	Hardback shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	10.4 TL
Trachysalambria albicoma		Northwest Pacific
Trachysalambria aspera		Indo-West Pacific
Trachysalambria brevisuturae		Eastern Pacific
Trachysalambria curvirostris	Southern rough shrimp	Indo-West Pacific and the	3 CL
Trachysalambria longipes		Indo-West Pacific
Trachysalambria malaiana	Brown rough shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	10.3 TL
Trachysalambria villaluzi		Western Central Pacific
Xiphopenaeus baueri		Western Atlantic.
Xiphopenaeus dincao		Western Atlantic.
Xiphopenaeus kroyeri	Atlantic seabob	Eastern Central Pacific,	17 TL

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