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Species Fact Sheets Crangon crangon (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Synonyms Astacus crangon Müller, 1776 Crangon vulgaris Fabricius, 1798 Crago vulgaris Lamarck, 1801 Crangon rubropunctatus Risso, 1816 Crangon maculosa Rathke, 1837 Crangon maculatus Marcusen, 1867 Crangon maculosa typica Czerniavsky, 1884 Steiracrangon orientalis Czerniavsky, 1884(with var. longicauda forma intermedia and var. brevicauda) Crangon crangon typicus Doflein, 1900 Crangon crangon mediterranea Brashnikov, 1907

FAO Names En - Common shrimp, Fr - Crevette grise, Sp - Quisquilla. 3Alpha Code: CSH Taxonomic Code: 2282300303

Scientific Name with Original Description Cancer crangon Linnaeus, 1758, Syst.Nat., (ed. 10) 1:632.

Geographical Distribution

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Eastern Atlantic: Baltic, Atlantic coast of Europe from the White Sea to Portugal; Mediterranean; Black Sea; Atlantic coast of Morocco.

Habitat and Biology Shallow coastal waters (0 to 20 m) although there are records of up to 130 m depth.Bottom sand or muddy sand. Marine or slightly brackish.

Size Maximum total length 89 mm.

Interest to Fisheries This species has been mainly exploited by nets or trawls fishery in the Atlantic Northeast Ocean and the Mediterranean. The total catch reported for this species to FAO for 1999 was 37 223 t. The countries with the largest catches were Germany (17 457 t) and Netherlands (13 772 t).

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Local Names Norway : Sandreke , Hestereke . Denmark : Hestereje , Sandhest . Sweden : Räkhäst , Sandräka . Finland : Hieta katkarapu . Germany : Nordseegarnele , Nordseekrabbe , Krabbe , Granat , Kraut , Porre , Sanduhl . Netherlands : Garnaal , Noordzeegarnaal , Garnaat , Garn . Belgium : Garnaal , Noordzeegarnaal , Garnaat , Garn , Crevette grise . Great Britain : Shrimp , Common shrimp , Brown shrimp . France : Crevette grise , Sauticot (Normandy), Bouc (Brittany), Gambaro gris (Provence). Portugal : Cabra , Camarão mouro , Camarão branco . Spain : Quisquilla (official name). Italy : (Palombi & Santarelli, 1961:368, indicate many local Italian names for the species). Yugoslavia : Pieskorovna kozica . Turkey : Cali karidesi . Romania : Creveta de nisip , Garida de nisip . Israel : Garída . Tunisia : Bargouth bharr .

Source of Information FAO CATALOGUE Vol.1 - Shrimps and Prawns of the World. An Annotated Catalogue of Species of Interest to Fisheries.L.B. Holthuis 1980. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No.125, Volume 1.

Bibliography

FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department Tiews, 1970:1 167-1 224.

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