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| | Synonyms
| | | | Peneus cocco Prestandrea, 1833 | | | Penaeus bocagei Johnson, 1863 | | | Penaeus politus Smith, 1881 | | | Parapenaeus politus Smith, 1886 | | | Neopenaeopsis paradoxus Bouvier, 1905 | | | Parapenaeus paradoxus Bouvier, 1908 | | | Penaeopsis paradoxus Schmitt, 1926. The species has often been, incorrectly, indicated with the name Parapenaeus membranaceus; the true Penaeus membranaceus Risso, however, is a Solenocera. |
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| FAO Names | | En - Deep-water rose shrimp, Fr - Crevette rose du large, Sp - Gamba de altura. |
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3Alpha Code: DPS Taxonomic Code: 2280101701 |
| Scientific Name with Original Description | | | Penaeus longirostris Lucas, 1846, Explor.Sci.Algér.(Zool.), 1(1):46. |
| Geographical Distribution | |
| | East Atlantic: from Portugal to Angola, also in the entire Mediterranean. West Atlantic: from Massachusetts, U.S.A. to French Guiana. |
| Habitat and Biology | | | Depth 20 to 700 m, but usually between 150 and 400 m.Bottom mud or muddy sand. Marine. |
| Size | | | Maximum total length 160 mm (male), 186 mm (female), usually shorter 140 mm (male), 160 mm (female). |
| Interest to Fisheries | | Along the Mediterranean coast of Spain the species is much fished for and sold cooked or salted (Zariquiey Alvarez, 1968:55).Longhurst (1970:267) indicated that this is the most important commercial species of the Mediterranean coasts of Spain, France and Italy. Also in Algeria, Tunisia, Greece and Turkey the species is of commercial value, although on a lesser scale. Outside the Mediterranean the species is fished by trawlers in the area between S. Portugal and Rio de Oro and off Senegal; however, it is not of great importance there. In the southern part of the Gulf of Guinea the fishery for the species at depths between 200 and 325 m is very productive, with a daily yield per trawler of more than 1 t (average) to 3 t (maximum) (Crosnier & Forest, 1973:304).The total catch reported for this species to FAO for 1999 was 19 056 t. The countries with the largest catches were Italy (4 631 t) and Spain (4 237 t).
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| Local Names | | | Portugal :
Camarão da costa ,
Gamba . |
| Spain :
Gamba (official Spanish name),
Gamba blanca . |
| France :
Crevette rose du large . |
| Tunisia :
Crevette rose du large ,
Gembri sghir . |
| Algeria :
Crevette rose du large . |
| Morocco :
Crevette rose du large ,
Crevette de chalut . |
| Italy :
Gambero bianco ,
Gambero rosa ,
Ammiru biancu (Sicily). |
| Senegal :
Petite crevette ,
Crevette des grands fonds . |
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