Open AccessPRESENCE OF PENAEUS MONODON FABRICIUS (CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA: PENAEIDAE) IN WATERS OFF THE COLOMBIAN GUAJIRA
Author(s) -
Luis A. Gómez-Lemos,
Néstor Hernando Campos
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
boletin de investigaciones marinas y costeras/boletín de investigaciones marinas y costeras
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.177
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2590-4671
pISSN - 0122-9761
DOI - 10.25268/bimc.invemar.2008.37.2.352
Subject(s) - trawling , penaeus monodon , decapoda , penaeidae , fishery , crustacean , peninsula , carapace , continental shelf , penaeus , geography , oceanography , biology , shrimp , ecology , fish <actinopterygii> , geology
This is the first report of the presence of Penaeus monodon off the Guajira Peninsula in the Colombian Caribbean. Three specimens were collected near Cabo de la Vela and one in Punta Gallinas at the continental shelf, while trawling for shrimps.