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Penaeus semisulcatus   de Haan, 1844

Green tiger prawn

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Bahrain 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: C: Ref. 801; O: Ref. 85139.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ba.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Carpenter, K.E., F. Krupp, D.A. Jones and U. Zajonz, 1997
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Bagada, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

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

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

Benthic; brackish; depth range 2 - 300 m (Ref. 8), usually ? - 60 m (Ref. 10).   Tropical, preferred 27°C (Ref. 107945)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific and the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 10.4, range 2 - 2.4 cm Max length : 21.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 119750); 26 cm TL (female); max. published weight: 130.00 g (Ref. 374)

Short description Morphology

Carapace and abdomen uniformly glabrous. More or less straight rostrum armed with 7 or 8 dorsal and 3 ventral teeth. Inclined downward and anteriorly hepatic carina. White and red transverse stripes present as bands in the antennae. Adrostral carina reaching well beyond epigastric tooth.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum depth from Ref. 801.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer (Ref. 833).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

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

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Aquaculture: production; Fisheries: landings, species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Tools

E-book | Field guide

Internet sources

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

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 21.6 - 29.1, mean 28 (based on 2446 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278) High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=1.6; tm=1.8).
Prior r = 1.18, 95% CL = 0.78 - 1.77, Based on 1 data-limited stock assessment.
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (14 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.