Scientific classification
Scientific name : Farfantepenaeus brevirostris
Kingsley, 1878
The pink shrimp is the most abundant shrimp species harvested in the state. The two other
species are the brown shrimp, found in murkier and often deeper water and the white shrimp.
Pink shrimp actively swim, burrow and crawl. Female shrimp are normally much larger than
males. Large males can attain a length of 169 mm, and large females reaching over 280 mm
