Penaeus aztecus, Northern brown shrimp : fisheries, aquaculture
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Penaeus aztecus   Ives, 1891

Northern brown shrimp
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Penaeidae

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

Benthic; depth range 0 - 200 m (Ref. 356), usually 27 - 54 m (Ref. 8).  Tropical, preferred 19°C (Ref. 107945); 42°N - 36°S, 98°W - 34°W

Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Atlantic. Introduced to French Polynesia, New Caledonia, and the Mediterranean Sea.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 19.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8); 23.6 cm TL (female)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum standard length: 22 cm (Ref. 356). Inhabits bottom mud or peat, often with sand, clay or broken shells. Adults in marine environment. Juveniles in estuarine and marine environment (Ref. 8).

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 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 1. Shrimps and prawns of the world. An annotated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(1):271 p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 8)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: experimental
FAO - Fisheries: species profile, landings search; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Tools

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Internet sources

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

Estimates based on models

Resilience
(Ref. 69278):		 High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=1.94-4.04)
Rate of population increase
 Prior r = 0.50, 95% CL = 0.33 - 0.75, Based on 1 full stock assessment.
Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 71543)		 Low vulnerability (12 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability
(Ref. 125649)		 Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100)
Price category
(Ref. 80766):		 Very high.
Nutrients
 Calcium = 109 [35, 184] mg/100g; Iron = 1.59 [1.21, 1.97] mg/100g; Protein = 20.2 [19.2, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.285 [0.185, 0.386] g/100g; Selenium = 48.3 [-31.7, 128.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.79 [1.17, 2.40] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.