southern velvet prawn
Metapenaeopsis palmensis
- Usual depth13–90 m
- Water temperature20–29 °C
- Best monthsSeptember and October
- How commonOccasional
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 9 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 4 records
- May: 5 records
- June: 6 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 63 records
- October: 44 records
- November: 19 records
- December: 11 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 13–90 m · Deepest record: 104 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- southern velvet prawn, southern velvet shrimp
Names in 4 more languages
- Spanish
- camarón gamuza sureño
- French
- crevette chamois méridionale
- Japanese
- ミナミアカエビ
- Simplified Chinese
- 波羅門赤蝦
Other scientific names: Metapenaeopsis barbeensis, Penaeus palmensis
Similar species
- rice velvet shrimp
Metapenaeopsis andamanensis
- Reef shrimp
Metapenaeopsis commensalis
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).
- 259 open-data records from 1907 to 2012.
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