Kiddi shrimp

Order Decapoda

Family Penaeidae

Marine crustacean. Rostrum toothed an dorsal margin only (7-9 teeth), no ventrally; carapace with longitudinal suture usually long; epipod absent on third perepod. Colour: pale brownish or pinkish white, sometimes greyish; rostrum and abdominal crest darker; pereopods and pleopods yellowish pink to reddish pink; distal part of uropods dark grey, their tips distinctly white. Maximum total length 145 mm.

Characteristics

FAO code
NAY

Specie
Parapenaeopsis stylifera

Type
Crustaceans

FAO Fishing Areas