FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes Western

Penaeidae 947
Parapenaeus longipes Alcock, 1905
En -Flamingoshrimp;Fr -Crevetteflamand;Sp - Camarón flamenco.
Maximum body length 11.5 cm (females) and 8.5 cm (males), commonly between 5 and 8 cm.
Found usually between depths of 30 and 90 m, sometimes to a depth of 165 m. Taken mainly as
bycatch in trawls. This species has the shallowest vertical distribution in the genus, but is nowhere
abundant and of very limited commercial importance. Marketed mainly fresh for local consumption.
Indo-West Pacific from eastern coast of Africa to Japan and New Guinea.
(after Motoh and Buri, 1984)
Penaeopsis eduardoi Pérez Farfante, 1977
anterior plate
posterior plate
thelycum
distomedian lobe
distolateral
lobe
petasma (ventral view)
En - Four-spined needle shrimp.
Maximum body length 13 cm (females) and 12 cm (males), commonly between 8 and 11 cm. Found
on sandy mud bottoms from depths of 289 to 570 m, usually deeper than 300 m. So far taken mainly
during exploratory trawling operations, but sometimes found in large quantities and may therefore
have some economic potential with the development of a deep-sea fishery. Western Pacific from
Japan to the Timor Sea and Fiji. Can easily be confused with Penaeopsis rectacuta.
(after Pérez Farfante, 1977)
lateral plates
thelycum
anterior
plate
ventral
costa
petasma (ventral view)