Cryphiops caementarius

Cryphiops caementarius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Palaemonidae
Genus: Cryphiops
Species: C. caementarius
Binomial name
Cryphiops caementarius
(Molina, 1782)
Synonyms [1]

Cancer caementarius Molina, 1782

Cryphiops caementarius is a South American freshwater shrimp.

Distribution

It is found in the rivers of Chile and Peru, where it is known as camarón de rio or camarón de rio del norte de Chile; The males are called changallo.[2] The females return to the estuaries to spawn, and the larvae migrate up-river.[2]

Description

Adults reach a total length of 185 millimetres (7.3 in).[2]

Capture

It is caught for food from the wild, and there is experimental aquaculture of this species.[3]

References

  1. "Cryphiops caementarius (Molina, 1762)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved September 16, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Lipke Holthuis (1980). "Palaemonidae". Shrimps and Prawns of the World (PDF). Volume 1 of FAO Species Catalogue. Food and Agriculture Organization. pp. 81–117.
  3. Herminio R. Rabanal & V. Soesanto (1985). The World Fishery and Culture of Macrobrachium and Related Prawn Species. Food and Agriculture Organization.
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