Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 24

Family Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815

The family Penaeidae includes many of the large, edible shrimps taken commercially by trawling. They are common from the Gulf of California to Peru. Hendrickx (1996) provided keys, illustrations and information on range, depth and key characteristics of eastern Pacific species. Only one species, Farfantepenaeus californiensis ( Holmes, 1900) occurs regularly in California. Although it is large and edible, it rarely occurs in California in sufficient quantities to support a fishery. Montagne & Cadien (2001) reported a single specimen of Metapenaeopsis mineri Burkenroad, 1834 from off the mouth of the Tijuana River in San Diego County, California in 1998. This species is much smaller than F. californiensis and lacks ventral teeth on the rostrum.