The only true shrimp( Crangon) which Australian waters are known to possessis found in the Gulf of St. Vincent, South Australia.(Tenison-Woods.) In Tasmania, the Prawn ( Penoeus spp.)is called a Shrimp.
1883. `Royal Commission, Report on Fisheries of Tasmania,' p. 9:
«The prawn ( Penoeus sp.), locally known among fishermenas the shrimp, abounds all around our coasts.»