FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes Western

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930 Shrimps and Prawns
Metapenaeopsis lamellata (De Haan, 1844)
En - Humpback shrimp; Fr - Crevette bossue; Sp - Camarón jorobado.
Maximum body length 10 cm (females) and 6 cm (males). At depths between 4 and 200 m,
associated with hard bottoms of reef and coral debris. Sometimes taken by trawls. Not very common
throughout its range in the area and of very limited commercial interest. Marketed fresh for local
consumption. Western Pacific from the Gulf of Thailand to Japan, Australia, and New Caledonia.
(after Hall, 1962)
Metapenaeopsis mogiensis (Rathbun, 1902)
thelycal
plate
intermediate plate
thelycum petasma (ventral view)
(after Crosnier, 1994)
En - Mogi velvet shrimp; Fr - Crevette chamois mogi; Sp - Camarón gamuza mogi.
Maximum body length 10.1 cm (females) and 8.2 cm (males); commonly between 5 and 7 cm. Over
hard bottoms adjacent to coral reefs, from depths of 10 to 156 m, usually less than 50 m. Not particularly
common in the area and of very limited commercial importance; sometimes taken as bycatch in trawls.
Marketed fresh for local consumption. Widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific from the eastern coast
of Africa to Japan, Australia, and New Caledonia (sometimes divided into 4 subspecies).
(after Lee and Yu, 1977)
coxal
plate
thelycal plate
coxal
plate
right
distolateral
projection
right
distoventral
projection
left
distolateral
projection
left
distoventral
projection
intermediate plate
thelycum petasma (ventral view)
(after Crosnier, 1991)