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Penaeus plebejus, Eastern king prawn : fisheries

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Penaeus plebejus   Hess, 1865

Eastern king prawn
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Penaeus plebejus

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

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Penaeidae

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

Benthic; brackish; depth range 2 - 350 m (Ref. 8).  Subtropical; 12°S - 44°S, 143°E - 154°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific: Australia.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 19.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8); 30 cm TL (female)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum depth range from Ref. 121730. Adults are found in marine environment while juveniles are found in estuarine environments (Ref. 8). Inhabits both coastal waters (Ref. 121731) and in deeper waters offshore (Ref. 121733). Found over sandy bottoms at depths of 2-350 m or deeper. Juveniles are found on abundant in seagrasses (Ref. 121734) and can be found on bare and vegetated bottom in estuaries and oceanic embayments (Ref. 121730).

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 2024-2)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Aquaculture: production; | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 17.7 - 27.2, mean 24.1 (based on 250 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=5.2).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

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