Back ভেনামি চিংড়ি Bengali/Bangla Penaeus vannamei Catalan Litopenaeus vannamei CEB Weißfußgarnele German Litopenaeus vannamei Spanish میگوی پاسفید Persian Crevette à pattes blanches French Litopenaeus vannamei ID Kyrrahafshvítrækja Icelandic Penaeus vannamei Italian
| Whiteleg shrimp | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
| Family: | Penaeidae |
| Genus: | Litopenaeus |
| Species: | L. vannamei
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| Binomial name | |
| Litopenaeus vannamei | |
| Synonyms | |
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Penaeus vannamei Boone, 1931 | |
Whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei, synonym Penaeus vannamei), also known as Pacific white shrimp or King prawn, is a species of prawn of the eastern Pacific Ocean commonly caught or farmed for food.
- ^ "Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved June 8, 2011.
- ^ "Fisheries and Aquaculture - Global Production". Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Retrieved 2024-05-06.