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SHRIMP TYPES
Spot (Prawn)
Pandalus platyceros
Sidestripe
Pandalopsis dispar
Dock (Coonstripe)
Pandalus danae
Humpback (Coonstripe)
Pandalus hypsinotus
Humpy (Coonstripe)
Pandalus goniurus
Northern (Rough) Pink
Pandalus eous
Ocean (Smooth) Pink
Pandalus jordani 
 
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Northern (Rough) Pink Shrimp
Pandalus eous

rough pink photo

The northern pink shrimp is less than six inches (15 cm) long, smaller
than the spot shrimp and the sidestripe shrimp. It can be distinguished
from ocean pink shrimp by a small spine on the top of the third tail segment.

rough pink drawing

Northern pink shrimp are found primarily in the San Juan Islands,
Strait of Juan de Fuca, and in northern Puget Sound.

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