“…Studies related to this species have focused on aspects of their distribution and population structure (Mantelatto et al ., 1995 a , 1995 b ; Martínez et al ., 2009; Klôh & Di Beneditto, 2010; Sardá et al ., 2013; Lima et al ., 2014 a ), the relationship of weight to carapace width, relative growth and sexual dimorphism (Mantelatto & Fransozo, 1992, 1994; Marochi et al ., 2016), sexual maturity and reproductive cycle (Reigada & Negreiros-Fransozo, 1999, 2000), individual growth and mortality (Keunecke et al ., 2007), reproductive biology (Lima et al ., 2014 b ) and juvenile development (Hebling & Rieger, 2003; Negreiros-Fransozo et al ., 2008). Considering the ecological importance and the abundance of H. pudibundus in the by-catch of penaeid shrimp, the present study analysed the population dynamics of this species in the region of Cananéia, on the southern coast of São Paulo state in Brazil during two years of samplings.…”