Farfantepenaeus notialis is a species of marine crustacean in the family Penaeidae.

It is found off the east coast of South America from Yucatan,[3] Mexico to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the west coast of Africa, from Mauritania to Angola.

[4] F. notialis and Litopenaeus schmitti are together the most important prawn species in an area extending from the Greater Antilles to Venezuela.

[4] Production peaked in 1999, with a total catch of 34,900 tonnes (76,900,000 lb), of which more than 90% was caught off Nigeria and Senegal.

The common name preferred by the Food and Agriculture Organization is southern pink shrimp, but the species is also known as candied shrimp in the United States.