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Distribution

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Eastern Pacific: from Baja California (Mexico) to Peru.
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FAO CATALOGUE Vol.1 - Shrimps and Prawns of the World. An Annotated Catalogue of Species of Interest to Fisheries.L.B. Holthuis 1980. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No.125, Volume 1.
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Size

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Maximum total length 230 mm; maximum carapace length 59 mm.
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FAO CATALOGUE Vol.1 - Shrimps and Prawns of the World. An Annotated Catalogue of Species of Interest to Fisheries.L.B. Holthuis 1980. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No.125, Volume 1.
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Brief Summary

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Bottom mud and clay or sandy mud. Marine (adults) and estuarine (juveniles).Depth 0 to 27 m, seldom to 45.
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FAO CATALOGUE Vol.1 - Shrimps and Prawns of the World. An Annotated Catalogue of Species of Interest to Fisheries.L.B. Holthuis 1980. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No.125, Volume 1.
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Benefits

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Of major importance on most of the west coast of Mexico, although locally of secondary importance; fished both inshore and offshore. Sold fresh, cooked, dry and frozen.In Guatemala it is fished for inshore and offshore. In El Salvador. Penaeus stylirostris is the second most important species, it is caught offshore and inshore. In Honduras the inshore fishery is mostly on juveniles of this species and of Penaeus occidentalis. These two species are also the most important in Costa Rica and Panama. Farther south the importance of the present species diminishes, being evidently replaced by P. occidentalis.
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FAO CATALOGUE Vol.1 - Shrimps and Prawns of the World. An Annotated Catalogue of Species of Interest to Fisheries.L.B. Holthuis 1980. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No.125, Volume 1.
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
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