Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Penaeidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 60 - 399 m (Ref. 78901), usually 60 - 200 m (Ref. 76930). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea to Japan, Philippines and Indonesia. Pérez Farfante (Ref. 75620) recognizes 3 subspecies: Parapenaeus fissuroides fissuroides from Indonesia to Japan and the Philippines, Parapenaeus fissuroides erythraeus from the Red Sea and Parapenaeus fissuroides indicus from east Africa and Madagascar.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 2.7 cm CL male/unsexed; (Ref. 119007); 3.61 cm CL (female)
Found in high salinity and high temperature areas (Ref. 76930).
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.
Pérez Farfante, I. and B. Kensley 1997 Penaeoid and Sergestoid shrimps and prawns of the world: keys and diagnoses for the families and genera. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 175:1-233. (Ref. 75620)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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Estimates based on models
Resilience (Ref. 69278): |
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.94-1.01; tm=1) |
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). |
Price category (Ref. 80766): |
Very high. |