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Penaeus duorarum   Burkenroad, 1939

Pink shrimp
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Penaeus duorarum

United States (contiguous states) 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 from Chesapeake Bay to Florida (Ref. 75620). Intensively fished off northwest Florida and west Texas (Ref. 8); Long Key Bight, Florida Keys (Ref. 67427). C: Refs. 8, 7873, 67427, 75620, 85004, 85005, 104058, 113861.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Holthuis, L.B., 1980
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Pink shrimp, ... 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; depth range 0 - 330 m (Ref. 356), usually 11 - 36 m (Ref. 8).   Tropical, preferred 24°C (Ref. 107945); 39°N - 8°N, 98°W - 60°W

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Atlantic and the Caribbean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 2.2, range 9 - ? cm Max length : 26.9 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8); 28 cm TL (female); max. reported age: 2.00 years (Ref. 108798)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum standard length: 27.0 cm (Ref. 356). Maximum depth range from Ref. 97531.

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

Life cycle: Larvae undergo 5 naupliar stages, 3 protozeal stages and 2 to 5 mysis stages (Ref. 108811). Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer (Ref. 833). Spawns throughout the year (Ref. 108797).

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; bait: usually
FAO - Fisheries: landings, species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Tools

E-book | Field guide

Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Fisheries: species profile; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | 1 GoMexSI (interaction data) | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 14.6 - 27.8, mean 24.4 (based on 492 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278) High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=1.2-3.27; tmax=2).
Prior r = 0.59, 95% CL = 0.39 - 0.88, Based on 1 full stock assessment.
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (14 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.