Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; estuarina; intervalo de profundidade 0 - 90 m (Ref. 8), usually 0 - 10 m (Ref. 110177). Tropical, preferred 27°C (Ref. 107945); 30°N - 31°S, 30°E - 168°E
Indo-Pacific: From northeast Africa to south China, Malaysia, Indonesia and north Australia. Introduced in southeast Africa.
Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm 12.2, range 4 - 3.9 cm Max length : 20.5 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 119750); 23.5 cm TL (female); common length : 17.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 8); Peso máx. publicado: 35.00 g (Ref. 116487)
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.
Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.
Holthuis, L.B. 1980. (Ref. 8)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Categoria CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Utilização humana
Pescarias: espécies comerciais
FAO - Aquacultura: produção, perfil da espécie; pescarias: landings, perfil da espécie | FishSource | Sea Around Us
Ferramentas
Fontes da internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 25.5 - 29.1, mean 28.3 (based on 1134 cells).
Resiliência
Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (K=1-4.75).
Prior r = 1.19, 95% CL = 0.79 - 1.79, Based on 7 data-limited stock assessments.
Vulnerabilidade
Low vulnerability (12 of 100).