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| | Synonyms | | | | Astacus crangon Müller, 1776 | | | Crangon vulgaris Fabricius, 1798 | | | Crago vulgaris Lamarck, 1801 | | | Crangon rubropunctatus Risso, 1816 | | | Crangon maculosa Rathke, 1837 | | | Crangon maculatus Marcusen, 1867 | | | Crangon maculosa typica Czerniavsky, 1884 | | | Steiracrangon orientalis Czerniavsky, 1884(with var. longicauda forma intermedia and var. brevicauda) | | | Crangon crangon typicus Doflein, 1900 | | | Crangon crangon mediterranea Brashnikov, 1907 |
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| FAO Names | | En - Common shrimp, Fr - Crevette grise, Sp - Quisquilla. |
| 3Alpha Code: CSH Taxonomic Code: 2282300303 |
| Scientific Name with Original Description | | | Cancer crangon Linnaeus, 1758, Syst.Nat., (ed. 10) 1:632. |
| Geographical Distribution | |
| | Eastern Atlantic: Baltic, Atlantic coast of Europe from the White Sea to Portugal; Mediterranean; Black Sea; Atlantic coast of Morocco. |
| Habitat and Biology | | | Shallow coastal waters (0 to 20 m) although there are records of up to 130 m depth.Bottom sand or muddy sand. Marine or slightly brackish. |
| Size | | | Maximum total length 89 mm. |
| Interest to Fisheries | | Global Capture production for
Crangon crangon
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This species has been mainly exploited by nets or trawls fishery in the Atlantic Northeast Ocean and the Mediterranean. The total catch reported for this species to FAO for 1999 was 37 223 t. The countries with the largest catches were Germany (17 457 t) and Netherlands (13 772 t).
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| Local Names | | | Norway : Sandreke , Hestereke . |
| Denmark : Hestereje , Sandhest . |
| Sweden : Räkhäst , Sandräka . |
| Finland : Hieta katkarapu . |
| Germany : Nordseegarnele , Nordseekrabbe , Krabbe , Granat , Kraut , Porre , Sanduhl . |
| Netherlands : Garnaal , Noordzeegarnaal , Garnaat , Garn . |
| Belgium : Garnaal , Noordzeegarnaal , Garnaat , Garn , Crevette grise . |
| Great Britain : Shrimp , Common shrimp , Brown shrimp . |
| France : Crevette grise , Sauticot (Normandy), Bouc (Brittany), Gambaro gris (Provence). |
| Portugal : Cabra , Camarão mouro , Camarão branco . |
| Spain : Quisquilla (official name). |
| Italy : (Palombi & Santarelli, 1961:368, indicate many local Italian names for the species). |
| Yugoslavia : Pieskorovna kozica . |
| Romania : Creveta de nisip , Garida de nisip . |
| Tunisia : Bargouth bharr . |
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