| Common Name | White shrimp |
| Language | Spanish |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official Trade Name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | Mexico |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Holthuis, L.B., 1980 |
| Life Stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | morphology |
| 1st Modifier | color pattern(s) |
| 2nd Modifier | |
| Remarks | This common name is used for all species of Litopenaeus in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. 'shrimp' from Old Norse 'skorpna', i.e., 'to shrivel up'. |