Common Name | White shrimp |
Language | Spanish |
Type | Vernacular |
Official Trade Name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Mexico |
Locality | |
Ref. | Holthuis, L.B., 1980 |
Life Stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | morphology |
1st Modifier | color pattern(s) |
2nd Modifier | |
Remarks | This common name is used for all species of Litopenaeus in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. 'shrimp' from Old Norse 'skorpna', i.e., 'to shrivel up'. |