Abstract
Between June 2012 and January 2013, nine specimens of the giant tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798 were caught off the Mexican Gulf coast. The average total length of these specimens was 28.1 cm. This is the first record of this invasive shrimp on the Mexican Gulf coast. The appearance of this shrimp species is a concern because of the effects it could produce on the Gulf coast ecosystem.
Highlights
The giant tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798 is the largest commercially exploited shrimp species in the world
The presence of giant tiger shrimp in locations on the Mexican coast of the Gulf of Mexico indicates that this species is distributed almost throughout the entire Gulf
The most likely route is migration from the northern waters of the Gulf of Mexico where giant tiger shrimp have previously become established in the wild (Knott et al 2012)
Summary
The giant tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798 is the largest commercially exploited shrimp species in the world. Giant tiger shrimp have been reported in the wild along the coasts of West Africa from Senegal to northern Angola (Knott et al 2012), in South America from Colombia to Brazil, (Fausto–Filho 1987; Coelho et al 2001; Santos and Coelho 2002; Aguado and Sayegh 2007; Altuve et al 2008; Gómez-Lemos and Campos 2008; Cintra et al 2011), and Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Dominican Republic in the Caribbean (Knott et al 2012; Gimenez Hurtado et al 2013).
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