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F. indicus is known by many common names around the world, including Indian white prawn, Tugela prawn, white prawn, [1] banana prawn, Indian banana prawn and red leg banana prawn, [2] some of which may also apply to the related species Fenneropenaeus merguiensis. [4] The name white shrimp may also refer to other species.
Dendrobranchiata is a suborder of decapods, commonly known as prawns.There are 540 extant species in seven families, and a fossil record extending back to the Devonian.They differ from related animals, such as Caridea and Stenopodidea, by the branching form of the gills and by the fact that they do not brood their eggs, but release them directly into the water.
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 .
The shrimp Palaemon serratus of the infraorder Caridea. A shrimp (pl.: shrimp or shrimps ()) is a crustacean (a form of shellfish) with an elongated body and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion – typically belonging to the Caridea or Dendrobranchiata of the order Decapoda, although some crustaceans outside of this order are also referred to as "shrimp".
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 ]
The term "bay prawn" may be listed as a common name for M. bennettae. Bay prawns most generally refer to mixed catch of small prawns from Moreton Bay and other Queensland fisheries. More particularly, bay prawn may be taken to mean M. bennettae and M. insolitus. (See #Commercial use.) "School prawns" are small prawns netted in rivers and estuaries.
Metapenaeus monoceros is a species of prawn in the family Penaeidae. It is also known as speckled shrimp, brown shrimp and pink shrimp in English, crevette mouchetée in French, camarón moteado in Spanish, koraney chingri or honye chingri in India, ginger prawn in South Africa and choodan chemmeen in Malayalam. [2]
Unique problems are introduced by the developmental life cycle of the main species (the giant river prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii). [1] The global annual production of freshwater prawns (excluding crayfish and crabs) in 2003 was about 280,000 tons, of which China produced some 180,000 tons, followed by India and Thailand with some 35,000 ...