Brown glass shrimp

Leander tenuicornis

Crustaceans
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth1–16 m
Water temperature9–29 °C
Best monthsApril, May, and October
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Pauline Walsh Jacobson · CC BY · iNaturalist

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 17 records
February: 10 records
March: 24 records
April: 60 records
May: 67 records
June: 44 records
July: 22 records
August: 35 records
September: 19 records
October: 48 records
November: 26 records
December: 6 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–16 m · Deepest record: 1,075 m

0–10 m: 133 records
10–20 m: 7 records
20–30 m: 2 records
30–40 m: 6 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 1 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 1 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 9–29 °C

8–10 °C: 2 records
10–12 °C: 3 records
12–14 °C: 1 records
14–16 °C: 2 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 2 records
20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 8 records
24–26 °C: 38 records
26–28 °C: 57 records
28–30 °C: 71 records

Photos

(c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Zakqary Roy, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Turner Brockman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
(c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Peter Burka, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Nick Tobler (Cowturtle), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Brown glass shrimp, Brown grass shrimp, brown glass shrimp, Brown Glass Shrimp, brown grass shrimp, Brown Grass Shrimp

Names in 4 more languages

Spanish: Camarón de coral
French: crevette à rostre étroit
Japanese: マイヒメエビ
Simplified Chinese: 細腳瘦蝦

Other scientific names: Astacus locusta, Leander erraticus, Leander natator, Palaemon latirostris, Palaemon mauritii, Palaemon mexicanus, Palaemon tenuicornis, Palaemon torensis, Palemon natator, Penaeus adspersus, Penaeus punctatissimus

Similar species

Peacock-tail Anemone Shrimp
Ancylocaris brevicarpalis
Magnificent Anemone Shrimp
Ancylomenes magnificus
Twoclaw shrimp
Brachycarpus biunguiculatus
Eastern harlequin shrimp
Hymenocera picta
Flattened shrimp
Harpiliopsis depressa
Palaemonella rotumana

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).
626 open-data records from 1818 to 2023.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.

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