. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. penaeus setiferus (white shrimp) Comion Names Used: Many different names are applied to shrimp in different localities. Tlie same name may be used to describe two different species in different parts of the same State. Thus, blue-tailed shrimp is used to describe the broim-spotted shrimp around Beaufort and the green shrimp around Ocracoke. It is convenient to stand- ardize these names in order to avoid confusion in identi- fying the various species of shrimp. Each animal has a scientific name which is the same for the same species in every
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. penaeus setiferus (white shrimp) Comion Names Used: Many different names are applied to shrimp in different localities. Tlie same name may be used to describe two different species in different parts of the same State. Thus, blue-tailed shrimp is used to describe the broim-spotted shrimp around Beaufort and the green shrimp around Ocracoke. It is convenient to stand- ardize these names in order to avoid confusion in identi- fying the various species of shrimp. Each animal has a scientific name which is the same for the same species in every part of the world. The scientific names for the three species of shrimp described are listed below with some of the common names and the localities in which these names are used: Penaeus setiferus Green shrimp (Southport, N. C.) Vihite shrinp Greerwtailed shrimp (Paralico Sound) Blue-tailed shrimp (Ocracoke, N. C.) Common shrimp Lake shrimp (Louisiana) Penaeus aztecus Penaeus Brown shrimp (Southport, N. C,) Grooved shrimp Brazilian shrimp Golden shrimp (Texas) "Brownies" Bed shrimp (Texas) Brown--spot ted shrimp Grooved shrimp Blue-tailed shrimp (Carteret Co., N. C.) Channel shrimp (Carteret Co., N, C.) "Red-legged shrimp" may be any species of shrimp if its legs are red. Any species of shrimp may turn bluish and its meat may become soft and white. It is then known as a "blue shrimp" or "cotton ; These nanBs may be said to de- scribe a physiological condition rather than a FISH FACTS DO YOU KMOW That fish have adapted themselves to an enormous variety of environments and only the most extreme conditions, such as the briny v/aters of the Great Salt Lake, or foully-polluted areas created by man, defies their existence Fishery Leaflet 132. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations ma
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