Tolo velvet shrimp
Metapenaeopsis toloensis
- Usual depth15–51 m
- Water temperature24–29 °C
- Best monthsJune, September, and November
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 5 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 4 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 4 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 15–51 m · Deepest record: 362 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Tolo velvet shrimp
Names in 4 more languages
- Spanish
- camarón gamuza tolo
- French
- crevette chamois tolo
- Japanese
- ミゾトラエビ
- Korean
- 남방깔깔새우
Similar species
- southern velvet prawn
Metapenaeopsis palmensis
- 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).
- 124 open-data records from 1913 to 2007.
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