Common names from other countries
Classification / Names / Names
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; brackish; depth range 10 - 55 m (Ref. 8), usually ? - 20 m (Ref. 10). Tropical, preferred 28°C (Ref. 107945); 28°N - 29°S, 39°E - 168°E (Ref. 356)
Indo-West Pacific: from Kenya and the Persian Gulf to Hong Kong and Australia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?, range 3 - ? cm Max length : 24.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8); max. published weight: 50.00 g (Ref. 116487)
No dark brown transverse bands on the carapace and abdomen, which are uniformly glabrous. Uniformly high proximal part of triangular rostrum is particular in fully grown female. Rostrum usually armed with 7 or 8 dorsal and 5 or 6 ventral teeth. No lateral spines on telson. Color: in life, cream to yellow, sometimes minutely speckled with brown, olive green or light green pigments. Brown banded antennules; brown antennae not banded; legs and pleopds are yellowish, sometimes tinged with brown or pink; uropods with combinations of yellowish green and brownish shades. Upper margin of rostrum is fringed with brown in fully grown individuals.
Maximum depth from Ref. 10. Maximum standard length: 24.0 cm (Ref. 356). Caught mainly by trawl, gill net, fish corral, push net and filter net (Ref. 10).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Aquaculture: production; Fisheries: landings, species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us
Tools
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=1.05-4.16; tm=0.5).
Prior r = 1.18, 95% CL = 0.78 - 1.77, Based on 6 data-limited stock assessments.
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (13 of 100).
