Family: Penaeidae Size: This brown shrimp grows to about 210 mm (8.3 inches)

Distribution:
An Eastern Pacific species ranging from California to Paita in northern Peru, living at depths of 15 to 100 meters (50 to 330 feet) but found mostly between 25 and 50 meters (80 to 160 feet). It is a marine shrimp which prefers bottoms of mud or sandy mud.

Comments:
The yellowleg shrimp, invariably called Mexican brown shrimp in the U.S.A., constitutes in some years three quarters of the Mexican Pacific catch . It is exported to Japan in large quantities as well as to the U.S.A. and other foreign markets. Japanese consumers lihe the species because it has a reddish color when cooked. Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama and Ecuador all have significant landings of the species, which is a good quality eating shrimp.