Pandalus hypsinotus
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| image = Pandalus hypsinotus Sunpiazza.jpg
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| image_caption = At Sunpiazza Aquarium in Sapporo, Japan
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| genus = Pandalus
| species = hypsinotus
| authority = J.F. Brandt in von Middendorf, 1851Brandt, J.F. (1851). Krebse. In: von Middendorff, A.T., Reise in den äussersten Norden und Osten Sibiriens während der Jahre 1843 und 1844 mit allerhöchster Genehmigung auf Veranstaltung der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu St. Petersburg ausgeführt und in Verbinding mit vielen Gelehrten herausgegeben, 2 (Theil 1): 77-148, Plates 5-6. St. Petersburg. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37047789
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Pandalus hypsinotus is a crustacean in the Pandalidae family. Called humpback shrimp in North America, there a small directed fishery in Prince Rupert. where the humpback is held to be the finest eating shrimp of all six species. In Japan, it is called Toyama shrimp ({{lang|ja|トヤマエビ}}), as they are found mainly in Toyama Bay.{{Cite web|url=https://obis.org/taxon/515467|title = Pandalus hypsinotus J.F. Brandt in von Middendorf, 1851 - Ocean Biodiversity Information System}}
It can be found in the Bering Sea, from the Aleutian Islands to Puget Sound, and in the Sea of Japan at depths of {{convert|100|-|200|m}}.
Description
The species if ordinarily {{convert|10|-|12.5|cm}} in length, but large females may reach {{convert|17.5|cm}}.{{cite web
|url=https://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/commercial/shellfish-mollusques/shrimp-pcrevette/biol-eng.html
|title=Shrimp and prawn biology - Pacific Region - Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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|date=14 May 2013
|website=Fisheries and Oceans Canada
|publisher=Fisheries and Oceans Canada
|access-date=2020-03-22
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}} It attains maturity as a male, and in varying proportions as a female, in the second year, and becomes a female during the third year. Subsequent survival into the fourth year is very low. Female shrimps carry eggs from November to April.
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Category:Crustaceans described in 1851
Category:Taxa named by Johann Friedrich von Brandt
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