LIFE HISTORY OF THE COMMON SHRIMP 
3 
STATES 
MILLIONS OF POUNDS 
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 
LOUISIANA 
FLORIDA 
TEXAS 
GEORGIA 
MISSISSIPPI 
ALABAMA 
N. CAROLINA 
S. CAROLINA 
Figure 2. — Shrimp catch for the eight South Atlantic and Gulf States in 1930. 
A. 
B. 
C. 
Figure 3.— Dorsal view of the carapaces of A, the common shrimp ( Penaeus setiferus)-, B, the grooved shrimp ( P . 
brasiliensis ); and C, the sea bob ( Xiphopenaeus kroyeri) showing the presence of rostral grooves in the grooved 
shrimp and their absence in the common shrimp and the sea bob. 
