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| Species | Color |
| Penaeus aztecus | olive-green green to dark green golden brown |
| Penaeus duorarum | olive-green dark greyish green |
| Penaeus japonicus | yellow-green or blackish grey dark green or black-grey dark yellow or dark green |
| Penaeus merguiensis | olive-green |
| Penaeus monodon | deep brownish green greyish green |
| Penaeus orientalis | greenish |
| Penaeus schmitti | drab olive or brownish yellow-green |
| Penaeus semisulcatus | greyish green |
| Penaeus setiferus | olive-brown drab olive-brown |
| Penaeus teraoi | light or dark brown |
| Metapenaeus monoceros | grass green |
| Metapenaeus yoyneri | grass green dark green |
| (Yang, 1975) | |