Presence of the Pink shrimp Farfantepenaeus brasiliensis (Latreille, 1817) in the coastal lagoons of Uruguay (Crustacea: Decapoda: Penaeoidea)

Abstract

Farfantepenaeus brasiliensis (Latreille, 1817) and Farfantepenaeus paulensis (Pérez Farfante, 1967), commonly known as pink shrimps, are two commercially important penaeid species caught by artisanal and industrial fisheries in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. The currently known southern distribution for F. brasiliensis extends to Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), while