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Penaeus californiensis   Holmes, 1900

Yellowleg shrimp
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Salvador [El] country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: C: Ref. 113809.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/es.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: FAO, 1999
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Malacostraca > Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Penaeidae (penaeid shrimps)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 0 - 200 m (Ref. 356), usually 25 - 50 m (Ref. 8).   Tropical, preferred 26°C (Ref. 107945); 38°N - 37°S, 123°W - 70°W (Ref. 75620)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Pacific: San Francisco Bay, California to Chile.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 13.5  range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.7 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 127176); 22.2 cm TL (female); max. published weight: 81.00 g (Ref. 127176); max. published weight: 81.00 g

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum standard length: 18.0 cm (Ref. 356). Maximum carapace length: 5.5 cm (female) (Ref. 8). Occurs at depths from 15 to 100 m, common between 25 to 50 m, in bottom mud or sandy mud marine environment. Juveniles are rarely found in estuarine environment (Ref. 8). Juveniles may feed on the green macroalga Ulva clathrata (Ref. 115030).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Holthuis, L.B. 1980. (Ref. 8)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Fisheries: ; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 12.1 - 26, mean 23.1 (based on 26 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278) High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.67-8.98).
Prior r = 0.92, 95% CL = 0.61 - 1.38, Based on 4 data-limited stock assessments.
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.