Farfantepenaeus sp.

Material examined (N=174). 1ni, 19/IX/2000, 13º52’99”S / 38º59’59”W (MZUESC #51); 1m, 10f, 13/IX/ 2003, St. 0 5 (MZUESC #239); 1m, 10f, 13/IX/2003, St. 0 5 (MZUESC #240); 2m, 4f, 14/IX/2003, St. 0 8 (MZUESC #241).

Remarks. Three species of Farfantepenaeus are known from Bahia: F. brasiliensis (Latreille, 1817) (Pérez-Farfante 1969; Coelho & Ramos 1972; Ramos-Porto et al. 1989; Vasques et al. 2003), F. subtilis (Pérez-Farfante, 1967) (Pérez-Farfante 1967; Coelho & Ramos 1972), and F. paulensis (Pérez-Farfante, 1967) (D'Incao, 1995a) . The material collected was composed mainly of juvenile specimens that could not be identified to species.