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Penaeus vannamei   Boone, 1931

Whiteleg shrimp
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Penaeus vannamei

Guatemala country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Holthuis, L.B., 1980
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known to be the dominant species in the country.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/gt.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Holthuis, L.B., 1980
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Camarón blanco, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Malacostraca > Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Penaeidae (penaeid shrimps)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; brackish; depth range 0 - 72 m (Ref. 8).   Subtropical, preferred 26°C (Ref. 107945); 35°N - 20°S (Ref. 356)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Pacific Ocean: from Mexico to southern Peru.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 23.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Dominant shrimp culture species in the world (Ref. 78744).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Holthuis, L.B. 1980. (Ref. 8)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Aquaculture: production, species profile; Fisheries: landings, species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Aquaculture: species profile; Fisheries: species profile; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 23.3 - 29, mean 27.6 (based on 1196 cells).
Prior r = 0.70, 95% CL = 0.46 - 1.06, Based on 2 data-limited stock assessments.
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (13 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.