Xiphopenaeus kroyeri (Heller, 1862)

Fig. 10

Xiphopenaeus kroyeri – Bullis & Thompson 1959: 7, off French Guiana region [“The sea bod”; shrimp trawl]. — Durand 1959: 31, French Guiana. — Holthuis 1948: 1105, Suriname [mouth of Suriname River, shrimp trap]; 1959a: 70, Suriname, French Guiana. — Chace & Hobbs 1969: 55, fig. 6, Suriname. — Coelho & Ramos 1972: 140, Brazil Amapá. — Takeda 1983: 41, Suriname, French Guiana [10–40 m]. — D’Incao 1998: 314, Brazil Amapá. — Le Loeuff & Cosel 2000: 25, annex 1, French Guiana. — Tricart & Foubert 2000: tab. 1, French Guiana [list]. — Silva et al. 2002a: 30, Brazil Amapá [15–16 m]. — Corbari et al. 2015: 165–167, French Guiana [3 lots, e.g., http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/iu/2013-2632]. — Cintra et al. 2017: tabs 1–6, Brazil Amapá [by-catch of shrimp fisheries, 27–47 m]. — Carvalho-Batista et al. 2019: 7, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana [in distribution; two other sibling species described, with this comment for X. kroyeri: “It was the most abundant species in almost all localities of the northern, southern, and southeastern coasts of Brazil ”].

Distribution/Habitat

WA; marine; 1– 70 m.