| Litopenaeus setiferus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
| Family: | Penaeidae |
| Genus: | Litopenaeus |
| Species: | L. setiferus
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| Binomial name | |
| Litopenaeus setiferus | |
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Litopenaeus setiferus (also accepted: Penaeus setiferus,[1] and known by various common names including Atlantic white shrimp, white shrimp, gray shrimp, lake shrimp, green shrimp, green-tailed shrimp, blue-tailed shrimp, rainbow shrimp, Daytona shrimp, Mayport Shrimp, common shrimp, southern shrimp, and, in Mexico, camaron blanco) is a species of prawn found along the Atlantic coast of North America and in the Gulf of Mexico.[2] It was the subject of the earliest shrimp fishery in the United States.
- ^ "WoRMS". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
- ^ Robert J. Muncy (1984). White shrimp (PDF) (Report). Species profiles: life histories and environmental requirements of coastal fishes and invertebrates (South Atlantic). United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. FWS/OBS-82/11.27. Retrieved 26 July 2024 – via South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.