Distribution
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Eastern Atlantic: West African coast from Mauritania to Angola. Western Atlantic: Greater Antilles from Cuba to the Virgin Islands; Atlantic coast of Middle and South America from S. Mexico (Quintana Roo) to Brazil (S. to Rio de Janeiro).
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- FAO CATALOGUE Vol.1 - Shrimps and Prawns of the World. An Annotated Catalogue of Species of Interest to Fisheries.L.B. Holthuis 1980. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No.125, Volume 1.
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Size
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Maximum total length 175 mm (male), 192 mm (female); maximum carapace length 41 mm (male), 48 mm (female).
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Brief Summary
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Depth 3 to 100 m, rarely as deep as 700 m, usually between 3 and 50 m.Bottom mud or sandy mud, and sandy patches among rocks. Marine; juveniles estuarine.
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- FAO CATALOGUE Vol.1 - Shrimps and Prawns of the World. An Annotated Catalogue of Species of Interest to Fisheries.L.B. Holthuis 1980. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No.125, Volume 1.
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Benefits
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With Penaeus (Litopenaeus) schmitti the most important commercial shrimp of the Greater Antilles and the Atlantic coast of Central America, Venezuela and various areas of Brazil, both on a local and commercial scale. The species is also the subject of important fisheries in West Africa, both locally and by foreign trawlers. Aquaculture experiments with this species have been undertaken in Cuba. The total catch reported for this species to FAO for 1999 was 34 900 t. The countries with the largest catches were Nigeria (27 341 t) and Senegal (4 887 t).
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- FAO CATALOGUE Vol.1 - Shrimps and Prawns of the World. An Annotated Catalogue of Species of Interest to Fisheries.L.B. Holthuis 1980. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No.125, Volume 1.
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
Farfantepenaeus notialis
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Farfantepenaeus notialis is a species of marine crustacean in the family Penaeidae.
Distribution
It is found off the east coast of South America from Yucatan,[3] Mexico to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the west coast of Africa, from Mauritania to Angola.[4] They live at depths of 3–50 metres (10–164 ft), or exceptionally up to 700 m (2,300 ft), on sandy or muddy bottoms, often among rocks.[4]
Description
Farfantepenaeus notialis reaches a total length of 175 mm (6.9 in) (males) or 192 mm (7.6 in) (females).[4]
Fishery
F. notialis and Litopenaeus schmitti are together the most important prawn species in an area extending from the Greater Antilles to Venezuela.[4] Production peaked in 1999, with a total catch of 34,900 tonnes (76,900,000 lb), of which more than 90% was caught off Nigeria and Senegal.[4]
Taxonomy
F. notialis was first described as a subspecies of "Penaeus duorarum" (now Farfantepenaeus duorarum) by Isabel Pérez Farfante in 1967, before being recognised as a separate species.[4] Both species have since been reassigned to the genus Farfantepenaeus. The common name preferred by the Food and Agriculture Organization is southern pink shrimp, but the species is also known as candied shrimp in the United States.[4]
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Farfantepenaeus notialis: Brief Summary
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Farfantepenaeus notialis is a species of marine crustacean in the family Penaeidae.
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Depth range
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Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m)
Poupin, J. (2018). Les Crustacés décapodes des Petites Antilles: Avec de nouvelles observations pour Saint-Martin, la Guadeloupe et la Martinique. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, 264 p. (Patrimoines naturels ; 77).
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Habitat
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Soft bottom (mud or sand)
Poupin, J. (2018). Les Crustacés décapodes des Petites Antilles: Avec de nouvelles observations pour Saint-Martin, la Guadeloupe et la Martinique. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, 264 p. (Patrimoines naturels ; 77).
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