FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes Western

970 Shrimps and Prawns
Heterocarpus parvispina De Man, 1917
En - Short-spined nylon shrimp.
Maximum body length about 9 cm (females larger), commonly between 6 and 8 cm. Found on
sandy-mud bottoms, at depths from 230 to 815 m, mostly less than 600 m. Not fished commercially
at present. Occasionally caught in large quantities on the basis of exploratory deep-water trawling
(more abundant from 350 m depth downward) and may have commercial potential with the
development of deep-sea fisheries in the area. Western and southern Pacific from Taiwan Province
of China to Indonesia, Australia, and French Polynesia. Often confused with Heterocarpus ensifer
A. Milne Edwards, 1881, H. hayashii, andH. sibogae.
not ridged
Heterocarpus sibogae De Man, 1917
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(adapted from Chace, 1985)
En - Mino nylon shrimp; Fr - Crevette nylon mino; Sp - Camarón nailón mino.
Maximum body length about 11 cm (females larger), commonly between 6 and 10 cm. Found on
bottoms of sand and mud from depths of about 150 to 950 m. Although at present not commercially
fished, it is the most common caridean shrimp caught during exploratory deep-water trawling
operations in the area. Often caught in large quantities from moderate depths (about 200 m
downward) in the area (e.g. the Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, New Caledonia, Fiji, Vanuatu,
Samoa, Tonga, French Polynesia, and probably also Palau) and therefore has a very high commercial
potential. Widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific from Madagascar to Japan and French
Polynesia. Often confused with Heterocarpus ensifer A. Milne Edwards, 1881, H. hayashii, andH.
parvispina.
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(adapted from Chace, 1984)
very
short
as long as spine
of 3 rd somite