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
The white shrimp may reach a total length (excluding antennae) of 197 mm (7.8 in), with females being larger than males. The antennae may be up to three times the length of the body, which is bluish white with a tinge of pink on the sides, and black spots.The pleopods are often redder, and the uropods and telson are green. The rostrum is long and thin, with 5 - 11
teeth on the upper edge and 2 on the lower edge, and continues along the carapace as a dorsal carina (ridge
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