Profile updated on 27 March 2022
SCIENTIFIC NAME(s)
Penaeus californiensis
SPECIES NAME(s)
Yellowleg shrimp, Camarón café, Camarón patiamarillo
COMMON NAMES
Camarón café (Spanish)
The genetic structure of the yellowleg shrimp (Penaeus californiensis) in the Eastern Pacific is not fully understood. (de la Rosa-Vélez et al. 2000) identified an upper Gulf of California population for this species. INAPESCA defined several assessment units for shrimps in the Gulf of California and Pacific coast, among these Upper Gulf of California, Sonora, Sinaloa-Nayarit, and western Baja California Sur including the Bahia Magdalena complex (DOF 2012).
Management Quality:
≥ 6
≥ 6
< 6