| Penaeidae (penaeid shrimps) |
| 20.5 cm TL (male/unsexed); 23.5 cm TL (female); max.weight: 35.0 g |
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benthic; brackish; marine; depth range 0 - 90 m |
| Indo-Pacific: From northeast Africa to south China, Malaysia, Indonesia and north Australia. Introduced in southeast Africa. |
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Uniformly glabrous carapace and abdomen. Hepatic and antennal spines on the carapace but no orbital spine. Sigmoidal curved rostrum is armed with 7 or 8 dorsal and 5 or 6 ventral teeth. Telson with no lateral spine. Shallow convexed rostral crest; adrostral carina reaches epigastric teeth; well-defined gastro-orbital carina, which occupies 2/3 distance between hepatic spine and margin of carapace. Color: in life, same as P. merguiensis but slightly more greyish or dull green. Antennal flagellum is yellow or greenish yellow. Posterior half of uropods is yellowish. |
| Minimum depth range based on occurrence (Ref. 110177). To be replaced with a better reference. |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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