How deep does the Fine Shrimp live?

The Fine Shrimp (Metapenaeus elegans) is typically found at 1–55 m.

Fine Shrimp

Metapenaeus elegans

Group: Shrimp
Typical depth: 1–55 m

Unusually for a marine prawn, the fine shrimp lives mostly in inland lagoons and brackish ponds, only rarely turning up in the open sea. It prefers water of low salinity and keeps to depths of a metre or so down to about fifty five metres.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Penaeidae › Metapenaeus

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 210395.

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How deep does the Fine Shrimp live?: The Fine Shrimp (Metapenaeus elegans) is typically found at 1–55 m.