Brown Shrimp

Crangon crangon

Crangon crangon is a species of caridean shrimp found across the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. Its range extends from the White Sea in the north of Russia to the coast of Morocco, including the Baltic Sea, and appears also throughout the Mediterranean and Black Seas. Commercially important, it is fished mainly in the southern North Sea. Common names include brown shrimp, common shrimp, bay shrimp, and sand shrimp, while translation of its French name crevette grise sometimes leads to the English version grey shrimp. Krangṓn (κραγγών) is an Ancient Greek word for shrimp.

Scientific name

Crangon crangon

Family

Crangonidae