Common Shrimp

The common shrimp is a small crustacean that lives in the northeastern Atlantic, from Russia to Morocco. It's often called brown shrimp or sand shrimp, and fishermen catch large numbers in the North Sea. Its scientific name comes from an ancient Greek word for shrimp.

• Found from the White Sea to Morocco, including the Baltic and Mediterranean.
• Called 'grey shrimp' in French, sometimes translated directly to English.
• Fished commercially, especially in the southern North Sea.