Common name (e.g. turtle)

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Genus + Species (e.g. Caretta caretta)

Penaeus chinensis   (Osbeck, 1765)

Fleshy prawn

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Penaeidae

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

Benthic; brackish; depth range 10 - 180 m (Ref. 8).  Tropical, preferred 20°C (Ref. 107945); 41°N - 21°N, 113°E - 128°E

Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northwest Pacific: from Zhujiang estuary, China and Taiwan, north to Liaodong Bay, Bohai Sea, east to Yeosu, South Korea. Introduced in Japan and the USA.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m 3.9  range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm BL male/unsexed; (Ref. 82068); 22.3 cm BL (female)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Holthuis, L.B. 1980 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 1. Shrimps and prawns of the world. An annotated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(1):271 p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 8)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Threat to humans

Human uses

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

Tools

Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO - Aquaculture Systems: production searchFisheries: species profile, landings search; Publication: search | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Resilience (Ref. 69278):	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.45-1.31)
Rate of population increase	Prior r = 0.88, 95% CL = 0.58 - 1.32, Based on 2 data-limited stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543)	Low vulnerability (12 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649)	High vulnerability (60 of 100)
Price category (Ref. 80766):	Very high.
Nutrients	Calcium = 109 [35, 184] mg/100g; Iron = 1.59 [1.21, 1.97] mg/100g; Protein = 20.2 [19.2, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.285 [0.185, 0.386] g/100g; Selenium = 48.3 [-31.7, 128.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.79 [1.17, 2.40] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.

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