| Cryphiops caementarius | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Family: | Palaemonidae |
| Genus: | Cryphiops |
| Species: | C. caementarius |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryphiops caementarius (Molina, 1762) |
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| Synonyms [1] | |
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Cancer caementarius Molina, 1762 |
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Cryphiops caementarius is a South American freshwater shrimp.
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It is found in the rivers of Chile and Peru, where it is known as camarón de rio or camarón de rio del norte de Chile; The males are called changallo.[2] The females return to the sea to spawn, and the larvae migrate up-river.[2]
Adults reach a total length of 185 millimetres (7.3 in).[2]
It is caught for food from the wild, and there is also intensive aquaculture of this species.[3]