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Penaeus monodon   Fabricius, 1798

Giant tiger prawn

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

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Pattani Bay (Ref. 121467). Fished in offshore waters (Ref. 8). C: Refs. 8, 84689, 121467.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/th.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hajisamae, S. and P. Yeesin, 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.