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Candied shrimp

Penaeus notialis Pérez Farfante, 1967

Status not recordedcrustaceans

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

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Quick facts about the candied 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 candied shrimp live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the candied shrimp as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Kenya
  2. Tanzania

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 candied 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 candied shrimp classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderDecapoda
  5. familyPenaeidae
  6. genusPenaeus
  7. SpeciesPenaeus notialis Pérez Farfante, 1967

Synonyms Farfantepenaeus notialis, Penaeus duorarum cameronensis, Penaeus duorarum notialis, Penaeus duorarum var. cameronensis

Other names and names in other languages (20)
  • Southern pink shrimpEnglish
  • TiefseegarneleGerman
  • camarón rosadoSpanish
  • crevette rose du SudFrench
  • gambero di fondaleItalian
  • kurumaebi-zokuJapanese
  • Pietinė rudoji krevetėLithuanian
  • roze garnaalDutch
  • gamba-de-AngolaPortuguese
  • rozovaya krevetkaRussian
  • sipakhWolof
  • Senegal-GarneleGerman
  • südliche rosa GeißelgarneleGerman
  • Camarón acarameladoSpanish
  • Camarón rosado sureñoSpanish
  • langostino rosadoSpanish
  • crevette roché du sudFrench
  • Crevette rodché du SudFrench
  • Camarão-rosa-americanoPortuguese
  • camarao-rosa-do-sulPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the candied shrimp

Other species in the same genus Penaeus.

Zebra prawn

Penaeus semisulcatus

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Blue shrimp

Penaeus stylirostris

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the candied shrimp an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the candied shrimp as introduced in 2 countries: Kenya and Tanzania, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the candied shrimp?

The candied shrimp (Penaeus notialis) 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). Candied shrimp (Penaeus notialis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/candied-shrimp

MLA

“Candied shrimp (Penaeus notialis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/candied-shrimp.

BibTeX
@misc{candied_shrimp_2026,
  title = {Candied shrimp (Penaeus notialis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/candied-shrimp},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}