| Common Name | Purplehead gamba prawn |
| Language | English |
| Type | AFS |
| Official Trade Name | No |
| Rank | 1 - (Legal common name (unique)) |
| Country | United States (contiguous states) |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Williams, A.B., L.G. Abele, D.L. Felder, H.H. Hobbs Jr., R.B. Manning, P.A. McLaughlin and I. Pérez Farfante, 1988 |
| Life Stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | primary lexeme |
| 1st Modifier | non-fish animal |
| 2nd Modifier | color pattern(s) |
| Remarks | 'gamba' (Spanish), i.e., prawn. |