Flamingo shrimp
Parapenaeus longipes
- Usual depth38–165 m
- Water temperature26–29 °C
- Best monthsMarch, August, and December
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 2 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 3 records
- December: 4 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 38–165 m · Deepest record: 385 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 26–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Flamingo shrimp, flamingo shrimp
Names in 4 more languages
- Spanish
- camarón flamenco
- French
- crevette flamand
- Japanese
- アシナガサケエビ
- Simplified Chinese
- 長足擬對蝦
Similar species
- Australian rose shrimp
Parapenaeus australiensis
- Neptune rose shrimp
Parapenaeus fissurus
- Explorer rose shrimp
Parapenaeus investigatoris
- lancer rose shrimp
Parapenaeus lanceolatus
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).
- 125 open-data records from 1905 to 1991.
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