Valuable blunt-tail prawn

Gennadas valens

Crustaceans
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth158–1,300 m
Water temperature3–28 °C
Best monthsJune and November
How commonOccasional

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 4 records
February: 26 records
March: 29 records
April: 73 records
May: 64 records
June: 148 records
July: 70 records
August: 17 records
September: 41 records
October: 82 records
November: 96 records
December: 13 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 158–1,300 m · Deepest record: 5,300 m

0–10 m: 12 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 2 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 2 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 6 records
80–90 m: 2 records
90–100 m: 5 records
100–110 m: 6 records
110+ m: 621 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 3–28 °C

2–4 °C: 14 records
4–6 °C: 11 records
6–8 °C: 32 records
8–10 °C: 16 records
10–12 °C: 28 records
12–14 °C: 31 records
14–16 °C: 26 records
16–18 °C: 100 records
18–20 °C: 61 records
20–22 °C: 128 records
22–24 °C: 87 records
24–26 °C: 53 records
26–28 °C: 43 records
28–30 °C: 3 records

Names and classification

English: Valuable blunt-tail prawn, valuable blunt-tail prawn

Names in 1 more languages

French: gamba vigoureuse

Other scientific names: Amalopenaeus valens, Gennadas bidentata, Pasiphodes purpureus

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Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
673 open-data records from 1928 to 2024.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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