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Family: Aristeidae gamba prawns



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26 species (see list below)
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Belouahem, Samih

Atlantic, the Mediterrane
Max. Length 22.5 cm TL
Aristaeomorpha foliacea(Risso, 1827)

Photo by Belouahem, Samih
 
Aristaeomorpha foliacea
[Giant red shrimp]
No picture found

Max. Length 15.3 cm TL
 
Aristaeomorpha woodmasoni
[Indian red shrimp]

FAO

Circumglobal in tropical
Max. Length 33.4 cm TL
Aristaeopsis edwardsiana(Johnson, 1867)

Photo by FAO
 
Aristaeopsis edwardsiana
[Scarlet shrimp]
No picture found

Max. Length 15 cm TL
 
Aristeus alcocki
[Arabian red shrimp]

Rodríguez, Mariano García

Eastern Atlantic, Mediter
Max. Length 22 cm TL
Aristeus antennatus(Risso, 1816)

Photo by Rodríguez, Mariano García
 
Aristeus antennatus
[Blue and red shrimp]
No picture found

Max. Length 19.3 cm TL
 
Aristeus antillensis
[Purplehead gamba prawn]
No picture found
 
Aristeus mabahissae
[]
No picture found
 
Aristeus pallidicauda
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 17.8 cm TL
 
Aristeus semidentatus
[Smooth red shrimp]

FAO

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 20 cm TL
Aristeus varidensHolthuis, 1952

Photo by FAO
 
Aristeus varidens
[Striped red shrimp]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 22.2 cm BL
Aristeus virilis(Bate, 1881)

Photo by FAO
 
Aristeus virilis
[Stout red shrimp]
No picture found
 
Austropenaeus nitidus
[]

Yap, Michael

Worldwide.

Cerataspis monstrosusGray, 1828

Photo by Yap, Michael
 
Cerataspis monstrosus
[Gamba prawns]
No picture found
 
Hemipenaeus carpenteri
[]
No picture found
 
Hemipenaeus spinidorsalis
[]
No picture found
 
Hepomadus glacialis
[]
No picture found
 
Hepomadus inermis
[]
No picture found
 
Hepomadus tener
[Delicate gamba prawn]
No picture found
 
Parahepomadus vaubani
[]
No picture found
 
Plesiopenaeus coruscans
[]
No picture found
 
Pseudaristeus crassipes
[]
No picture found
 
Pseudaristeus gracilis
[]
No picture found
 
Pseudaristeus kathleenae
[]
No picture found
 
Pseudaristeus protensus
[]
No picture found
 
Pseudaristeus sibogae
[]
No picture found
 
Pseudaristeus speciosus
[]


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