Family: Penaeidae

Size: The deep-water rose shrimp grows to around 160 mm (6.3 inches)

Distribution:
This species is mainly found in the eastern Atlantic, from Portugal as far south as Angola, and throughout the Mediterranean Sea. It is also found sparsely on the western side of the Atlantic from Massachusetts to French Guiana and in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. A marine shrimp preferring mud or muddy sand bottoms, it lives in depths from 150 to 400 meters (about 500 to 1300 feet).
Recent scientific studies indicate that the western Atlantic species is separate and should be called P. politus.

Comments:
This is the most important commercial species of the Mediterranean coasts of Spain, France and Italy. It is also quite common off the coasts of West Africa, especially around the Gulf of Guinea. It is exceptionally sweet and well-flavored and greatly prized by consumers in the countries where it is available, usually fresh and cooked whole.