The brown shrimp, Penaeus aztecus Ives, 1891, reaches the Iberian Peninsula Mediterranean coasts

The penaeid shrimp Penaeus aztecus Ives, 1891 has been collected off the Catalan coast for the first time. This represents the first report of the species for the Iberian Peninsula waters. Its morphological description, as well as the DNA sequenced fragment, agree with the descriptions assigned to Penaeus aztecus. This constitutes the first record of the species in the Spanish Mediterranean coast and the confirmation the species westward expansion along the Mediterranean Sea probably been drifted from the later invasion in the Gulf of Lions