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The Indian shrimp has a relatively lower market value than P. monodon. Average price of white shrimp is US$5.5/kg for a size range of 21/25 shrimps per kg, while for P. monodon it is US7-13/kg. However, as F. indicus is more easily bred and reared, the relative profit gained by F.indicus may be higher per input than it seems from the above figures.
Macrobrachium indianum is a species of freshwater prawn of South India. It was first described in 2015. [1] This freshwater prawn was described from Pamba River, Kerala. This species is closely related to M. gurudeve, M. bombayense and M. kulkarnii. [2] [3]
Macrobrachium banjarae is a species of freshwater shrimp that was first described in 1958. [2] Macrobrachium banjarae belongs to the family Palaemonidae. [ 3 ] It is an endemic prawn found India, in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and West Bengal.
The terms true shrimp or true prawn are sometimes used to mean what a particular person thinks is a shrimp or prawn. [2] This varies with the person using the terms. But such terms are not normally used in the scientific literature, because the terms shrimp and prawn themselves lack scientific standing.
Macrobrachium rosenbergii, also known as the giant river prawn or giant freshwater prawn, is a commercially important species of palaemonid freshwater prawn. It is found throughout the tropical and subtropical areas of the Indo-Pacific region, from India to Southeast Asia and Northern Australia . [ 3 ]
Penaeidae is a family of marine crustaceans in the suborder Dendrobranchiata, which are often referred to as penaeid shrimp or penaeid prawns. The Penaeidae contain many species of economic importance, such as the tiger prawn , whiteleg shrimp , Atlantic white shrimp , and Indian prawn .
Indian prawn; From scientific name of a crustacean: This is a redirect from a scientific name of a crustacean (or group of crustaceans) to a vernacular ("common") name.
Macrobrachium malcolmsonii is an omnivorous, bottom-dwelling, freshwater prawn. Its common name is monsoon river prawn. [1] It feeds on decomposing plants and animals, small worms, insects, and their larvae. They are also cannibalistic in nature and may consume freshly molted conspecifics.