FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes Western

948 Shrimps and Prawns
Penaeopsis rectacuta (Bate, 1881)
En - Needle shrimp; Fr - Crevette aiguille; Sp - Camarón aguji.
Maximum body length 13.5 cm (females) and 11 cm (males), commonly between 8 and 11 cm. Found
on sandy mud bottom from depths of 174 to 410 m, usually deeper than 300 m. Mainly taken by
experimental trawlers, but sometimes found in fair quantities and may therefore have some commercial
potential once that a deep-sea fishery is developed in the area. Western Pacific from Taiwan Province
of China to the Philippines, South China Sea, and Timor Sea. Often confused with Penaeopsis eduardoi.
(after Hall, 1962)
Trachypenaeus anchoralis (Bate, 1881)
anterior
plate
lateral plates
thelycum
ventral
costa
petasma (ventral view)
(after Pérez Farfante, 1979)
En - Hardback shrimp; Fr -Crevetteos;Sp - Camarón huesudo.
Maximum body length 10.4 cm (females) and 7 cm (males). Found on bottoms of mud to coral debris,
from depths of 12.5 to 60 m. Taken mainly by trawls. Caught incidentally in the northern prawn fishery
of Australia, but without much economic importance, due to its relatively small size. Generally
believed to be restricted to northern Australia from Shark Bay (western Australia) and Keppel Bay
(Queensland), but probably also occurs in southern Taiwan Province of China.
(after Dall, 1957)
anterior plate
posterior plate
thelycum
distolateral
projection
distomedian
projection
petasma (ventral view)