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Blue shrimp

Penaeus stylirostris Stimpson, 1874

Status not recordedcrustaceans

The blue shrimp (Penaeus stylirostris) is a species in the family Penaeidae, order Decapoda.

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Quick facts about the blue shrimp

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the blue shrimp live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the blue shrimp as introduced in 6 countries.

  1. Chile
  2. China
  3. Indonesia
  4. Mexico
  5. Myanmar (Burma)
  6. Philippines

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the blue shrimp endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the blue shrimp classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderDecapoda
  5. familyPenaeidae
  6. genusPenaeus
  7. SpeciesPenaeus stylirostris Stimpson, 1874

Synonyms Litopenaeus stylirostris

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • Pacific blue shrimpEnglish
  • Paradise prawnEnglish
  • Western blue shrimpEnglish
  • Pazifische Blaue GarneleGerman
  • Camarón azulSpanish
  • Crevette bleueFrench
  • tenshi-no-ebiJapanese
  • Pacifische blauwe garnaalDutch
  • modra kozicaSlovenian
  • Crevette bleue (La)French

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the blue shrimp

Other species in the same genus Penaeus.

Zebra prawn

Penaeus semisulcatus

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the blue shrimp an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the blue shrimp as introduced in 6 countries, including Chile, China, Indonesia, Mexico and Myanmar (Burma), but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the blue shrimp?

The blue shrimp (Penaeus stylirostris) belongs to the family Penaeidae in the order Decapoda.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Blue shrimp (Penaeus stylirostris). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-shrimp

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“Blue shrimp (Penaeus stylirostris).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-shrimp.

BibTeX
@misc{blue_shrimp_2026,
  title = {Blue shrimp (Penaeus stylirostris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-shrimp},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}