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Global aquaculture production of Whiteleg shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) in million tonnes from 1980 to 2022, as reported by the FAO [2]Whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei, synonym Penaeus vannamei), also known as Pacific white shrimp or King prawn, is a species of prawn of the eastern Pacific Ocean commonly caught or farmed for food.
Penaeidae is a family of marine crustaceans in the suborder Dendrobranchiata, which are often referred to as penaeid shrimp or penaeid prawns. The Penaeidae contain many species of economic importance, such as the tiger prawn , whiteleg shrimp , Atlantic white shrimp , and Indian prawn .
Penaeus monodon, commonly known as the giant tiger prawn, [1] [2] Asian tiger shrimp, [3] [4] black tiger shrimp, [5] [6] and other names, is a marine crustacean that is widely reared for food. Tiger prawns displayed in a supermarket
giant tiger prawn, black tiger shrimp P. notialis: Farfantepenaeus notialis: southern pink shrimp P. occidentalis: Litopenaeus occidentalis: western white shrimp P. paulensis: Farfantepenaeus paulensis: São Paulo shrimp, Carpas shrimp P. penicillatus: Fenneropenaeus penicillatus: redtail prawn P. schmitti: Litopenaeus schmitti: southern white ...
Litopenaeus is a genus of prawns, formerly included in the genus Penaeus. [2] It contains five species: [3] Litopenaeus occidentalis (Streets, 1871) Litopenaeus schmitti (Burkenroad, 1936) Litopenaeus setiferus (Linnaeus, 1767) Litopenaeus stylirostris (Stimpson, 1871) Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931)
Technological advances have led to growing shrimp at ever higher densities, and broodstock is shipped worldwide. Virtually all farmed shrimp are of the family Penaeidae, and just two species – Litopenaeus vannamei (Pacific white shrimp) 70% and Penaeus monodon (giant tiger prawn) 20% – account for roughly 90% of all farmed shrimp.
White spot syndrome (WSS) is a viral infection of penaeid shrimp.The disease is highly lethal and contagious, killing shrimp quickly. Outbreaks of this disease have wiped out the entire populations of many shrimp farms within a few days, in places throughout the world.
The terms true shrimp or true prawn are sometimes used to mean what a particular person thinks is a shrimp or prawn. [2] This varies with the person using the terms. But such terms are not normally used in the scientific literature, because the terms shrimp and prawn themselves lack scientific standing.