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Penaeus kerathurus   (Forsskål, 1775)

Caramote prawn
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Penaeus kerathurus


Cameroon country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments:
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cm.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Fischer, W., G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.), 1981
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Penaeidae (penaeid shrimps)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; salmastro; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 93 m (Ref. 118299).   Subtropical, preferred 24°C (Ref. 107945); 55°N - 20°S, 19°W - 37°E (Ref. 356)

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 4.6, range 3 - ? cm Max length : 18.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 434); 23.5 cm TL (female)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Average total length: 11 to 14 cm (male); 13 to 17 cm (female). Maximum depth from Ref. 114857. Found at depths of 5 to 75 m in bottom muddy sand, marine and estuarine environment (Ref. 8). Feeds at night on small benthic organism (mollusks, polychaetes, crustaceans and echinoderms; Ref. 434).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Main reference Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Holthuis, L.B. 1980. (Ref. 8)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Pesca: commerciale
FAO - Acquacoltura: production; pesca: landings, species profile | FIRMS (Stock assessments) | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Fonti Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(pesca: species profile; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, ricerca) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 15.2 - 21.6, mean 19 (based on 188 cells).
Resilienza (Ref. 69278) Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (K=0.47-1.25).
Prior r = 1.07, 95% CL = 0.71 - 1.60, Based on 1 full stock assessment.
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (17 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.