Metapenaeus stebbingi   Nobili, 1904

Peregrine shrimp

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

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Penaeidae

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

Benthic; depth range 1 - 90 m (Ref. 8), usually ? - 50 m (Ref. 801).  Tropical; 30°N - 30°S, 30°E - 71°E (Ref. 111099)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Indian Ocean: East Africa to Pakistan and India. Introduced in the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 6 - 6 cm Max length : 13.9 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum depth from Ref.103562.

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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

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

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; bait: occasionally
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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(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

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.8 - 29.2, mean 27.1 (based on 222 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.7).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (15 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.