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Penaeus monodon   Fabricius, 1798

Giant tiger prawn

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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India country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Kurian, C.V. and V.O. Sebastian, 1976
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known to be more common in east coast than in the west coast of the country (Ref. 180). It is commercially important especially on the east coast (Bengal and Orissa) (Ref. 104). C: Refs. 8, 75620, 180, 104, 116140, 121483.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Maheswarudu, G., G. Sudhakara Rao, M. Rajamani, V. Thangaraj Subramanian, K.R. Manmadhan Nair, K.N. Saleela, E. Dhanwanthari, M. Paul and A.K. Unnithan, 2014
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Bagada, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

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

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

; saumâtre; profondeur 0 - 150 m (Ref. 10), usually ? - 60 m (Ref. 10).   Tropical; 17°C - 38°C (Ref. 72772), preferred 24°C (Ref. 107945); 36°N - 33°S, 55°E - 154°E

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-Pacific: From Pakistan to Japan, the Malay Archipelago and Australia. Introduced in the Atlantic Ocean (Africa and USA). Tropical to temperate.

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: Lm ?, range 4 - 4.22 cm Max length : 33.6 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 8); 35 cm TL (female); poids max. publié: 250.00 g (Ref. 116487)

Description synthétique Morphologie

Uniformly glabrous body; carapace with well-developed antennal and hepatic spines. Horizontal and straight hepatic carina. Rostrum armed with 7 or 8 dorsal and 3 ventral teeth. Color: body is reddish with darker bands. Brown to blue pleopods and reddish fringing setae.

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

Caught by pond fishing and inshore fishing. Considered a delicacy in the Philippines that in 1980, retail price was Php60 to 80 (US$8.6 to 11.5)/kg in Manila and Php50 to 70 in local areas (Ref. 10). Maximum total length (female) from Ref. 104052.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

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

Référence principale Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

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

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Non évalué 

statut CITES (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Utilisations par l'homme

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

Outils

E-book | Guide de terrain

Sources Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Aquaculture: species profile; pêcheries: species profile; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Arbre de Vie | Wikipedia (Go, chercher) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.7 - 29.1, mean 28.1 (based on 1984 cells).
Résilience (Ref. 69278) Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (K=0.94-1.7).
Prior r = 1.19, 95% CL = 0.79 - 1.79, Based on 4 data-limited stock assessments.
Vulnérabilité (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (19 of 100).
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Very high.