Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Penaeidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 200 m (Ref. 356), usually 25 - 50 m (Ref. 8). Tropical, preferred 26°C (Ref. 107945); 38°N - 37°S, 123°W - 70°W (Ref. 75620)
Eastern Pacific: San Francisco Bay, California to Chile.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 13.5  range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.7 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 127176); 22.2 cm TL (female); max. published weight: 81.00 g (Ref. 127176); max. published weight: 81.00 g
Maximum standard length: 18.0 cm (Ref. 356). Maximum carapace length: 5.5 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.
Holthuis, L.B. 1980. (Ref. 8)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us
Tools
More information
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Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 12.1 - 26, mean 23.1 (based on 26 cells).
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.67-8.98).
Prior r = 0.92, 95% CL = 0.61 - 1.38, Based on 4 data-limited stock assessments.
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (11 of 100).
Nutrients : Calcium = 109 [35, 184] mg/100g; Iron = 1.59 [1.21, 1.97] mg/100g; Protein = 20.2 [19.2, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.285 [0.185, 0.386] g/100g; Selenium = 48.3 [-31.7, 128.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.79 [1.17, 2.40] mg/100g (wet weight); based on
nutrient studies.