Delicate gamba prawn
Hepomadus tener
- Usual depth1,097–4,730 m
- Water temperature11–29 °C
- Best monthsMay, June, and July
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 6 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 18 records
- June: 25 records
- July: 17 records
- August: 7 records
- September: 6 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 10 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1,097–4,730 m · Deepest record: 5,330 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 11–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Delicate gamba prawn, delicate gamba prawn
Names in 1 more languages
- French
- gamba tendre
Similar species
Giant gamba prawnAristaeomorpha foliacea
Scarlet gamba prawnAristaeopsis edwardsiana
Blue and red shrimpAristeus antennatus
- Monstrous gamba prawn
Cerataspis monstrosus
- Indian red shrimp
Aristaeomorpha woodmasoni
- Arabian red shrimp
Aristeus alcocki
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).
- 223 open-data records from 1886 to 2004.
- Species data updated November 3, 2026.
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