Farfantepenaeus aztecus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
Family: | Penaeidae |
Genus: | Farfantepenaeus |
Species: | F. aztecus
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Binomial name | |
Farfantepenaeus aztecus (Ives, 1891) [1]
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Farfantepenaeus aztecus is a species of marine penaeid shrimps found around the east coast of the US and Mexico.[2] They are an important commercial species in the US. The FAO refers to them as the northern brown shrimp; other common names, used in the US, are brown shrimp, golden shrimp, red shrimp or redtail shrimp.[2][3]