Penaeopsis eduardoi
- Usual depth324–619 m
- Water temperature21–30 °C
- Best monthsFebruary
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 12 records
- February: 56 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 6 records
- May: 9 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 17 records
- September: 3 records
- October: 6 records
- November: 10 records
- December: 12 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 324–619 m · Deepest record: 761.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 21–30 °C
Names and classification
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- ベニガラエビ
- Simplified Chinese
- 長角似對蝦
Similar species
- needle shrimp
Penaeopsis rectacuta
- Endeavour shrimp
Metapenaeus endeavouri
- southern velvet prawn
Metapenaeopsis palmensis
- Greasyback shrimp
Metapenaeus ensis
- blue-legged king prawn
Penaeus (Oleopenaeus) latisulcatus
- Asian tiger shrimp
Penaeus (Penaeus) monodon
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).
- 266 open-data records from 1908 to 2012.
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