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| | Synonyms
| | | | Sycionia duvernoii Risso, 1844(nomen nudum) |
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| FAO Names | | En - Blue and red shrimp, Fr - Crevette rouge, Sp - Gamba rosada. |
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3Alpha Code: ARA Taxonomic Code: 2280203101 |
| Scientific Name with Original Description | | | Peneus antennatus Risso, 1816. Hist.Nat.Crust. Nice, 3:96. |
| Geographical Distribution | |
| | Eastern Atlantic: Portugal to the Cape Verde Islands; entire Mediterranean. |
| Habitat and Biology | | | Depth 200 to 1440 m. Bottom soft mud. Marine. |
| Size | | | Maximum total length 220 mm. |
| Interest to Fisheries | | The species is highly esteemed as food. It is fished by deep-sea trawlers off N.W. Africa and along the Mediterranean coasts of Spain, France, Italy and Malta. It is also taken by Israel trawlers, but less commonly so than Aristaeomorpha foliacea, while in the Western Mediterranean the opposite is true.
The species is sold fresh.The total catch reported for this species to FAO for 1999 was 2 629 t. The countries with the largest catches were Tunisia (1 335 t) and Algeria (880 t).
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| Local Names | | | France :
Crevette rouge . |
| Monaco :
Gambaru de fundu . |
| Italy :
Gambero rosso chiaro ,
Gámbao rossu-ciâeo (Genova),
Ammiru cani (Sicily). |
| Spain :
Gamba rosada (official Spanish name),
Chorizo blanco ,
Gamba alistada ,
Carabinero . |
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