SPECIES DIRECTORY
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Argentine red shrimp
Pleoticus muelleri
Black tiger
Penaeus monodon
Blue shrimp
Litopenaeus stylirostris
Freshwater prawn
Macrobrachium rosenbergii
Gulf brown shrimp
Penaeus aztecus (FDA); Farfantepenaeus aztecus (current taxonomy)
Gulf pink / Key West pink shrimp
Penaeus duorarum (FDA); Farfantepenaeus duorarum (current taxonomy)
Gulf white shrimp (incl. Carolina white)
Litopenaeus setiferus (FDA); also Penaeus setiferus
Indian white shrimp
Fenneropenaeus indicus (FDA); also Penaeus indicus
Kuruma prawn
Marsupenaeus japonicus (FDA/GBIF); Penaeus japonicus (USFWS)
Northern cold-water pink shrimp (salad shrimp)
Pandalus borealis and Pandalus eous
Pacific ocean shrimp / Oregon pink
Pandalus jordani
Ridgeback prawn
Sicyonia ingentis
Rock shrimp
Sicyonia brevirostris
Royal red shrimp
Pleoticus robustus
Seabob
Xiphopenaeus kroyeri
Small Asian wild penaeids (jinga, greasyback, kadal)
Metapenaeus affinis, M. dobsoni, M. monoceros, M. ensis
Southern / western white shrimp
Litopenaeus schmitti, Litopenaeus occidentalis
Spot prawn
Pandalus platyceros
Whiteleg / Pacific white shrimp
Litopenaeus vannamei (FDA spelling; also Penaeus vannamei)
Yellowleg shrimp / Mexican brown
Penaeus californiensis