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Penaeus paulensis   (Pérez-Farfante, 1967)

Sao Paulo shrimp
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Uruguay country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: experimental | Ref: Villegas, F., 1974
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from coastal lagoons of Castillos, Rocha, Garzon and Jose Ignacio (Ref. 114079). C: Refs. 8, 114079, 131081.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/uy.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Silveira, S., G. Fabiano, I. Pereyra, M. Laporta, F. Scarabino, O. Santana, A. Márquez and E. Errico, 2022
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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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 1 - 130 m (Ref. 8), usually 36 - 54 m (Ref. 8).   Tropical, preferred 13°C (Ref. 107945); 14°S - 38°S, 59°W - 37°W

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Southwest Atlantic: from Brazil to Argentina.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 18.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 85047); 23.6 cm TL (female)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum carapace length: 4.0 cm (male); 5.4 cm (female) (Ref. 8).

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; aquaculture: experimental
FAO - Fisheries: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Tools

E-book | Field guide

Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Fisheries: ; 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): 18 - 22.9, mean 21 (based on 22 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278) High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.83-1.34).
Prior r = 0.42, 95% CL = 0.28 - 0.63, Based on 2 data-limited stock assessments.
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (12 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.