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Penaeus coeruleus Stebbing, 1905. Penaeus bubulus Kubo, 1949. Penaeus monodon, commonly known as the giant tiger prawn, [1][2] Asian tiger shrimp, [3][4] black tiger shrimp, [5][6] and other names, is a marine crustacean that is widely reared for food. Tiger prawns displayed in a supermarket.
Macrobrachium rosenbergii. De Man, 1879. Macrobrachium rosenbergii, also known as the giant river prawn or giant freshwater prawn, is a commercially important species of palaemonid freshwater prawn. It is found throughout the tropical and subtropical areas of the Indo-Pacific region, from India to Southeast Asia and Northern Australia. [ 2 ]
During the 20th century, L. vannamei was an important species for Mexican inshore fishermen, as well as for trawlers further offshore. [2] In the late 20th century, the wild fishery was overtaken by the development of aquaculture production; this began in 1973 in Florida using prawns captured in Panama, that were used in hatcheries for larvae production.
The Indian prawn (Fenneropenaeus indicus, formerly Penaeus indicus) is one of the major commercial prawn species of the world. It is found in the Indo-West Pacific from eastern and south-eastern Africa, through India, Malaysia and Indonesia to southern China and northern Australia. [3] Adult shrimp grow to a length of about 22 cm (9 in) and ...
Penaeus hathor (Burkenroad, 1959) Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798. Penaeus semisulcatus De Haan, 1844. Penaeus is a genus of prawns, including the giant tiger prawn (P. monodon), the most important species of farmed crustacean worldwide.
Penaeidae is a family of marine crustaceans in the suborder Dendrobranchiata, which are often referred to as penaeid shrimp or penaeid prawns. The Penaeidae contain many species of economic importance, such as the tiger prawn, whiteleg shrimp, Atlantic white shrimp, and Indian prawn. Many prawns are the subject of commercial fishery, and ...
Litopenaeus setiferus may reach a total length (excluding antennae) of 197 millimetres (7.8 in), with females being larger than males. [2] The antennae may be up to three times the length of the body, which is bluish white with a tinge of pink on the sides, and black spots. [3] The pleopods are often redder, and the uropods and telson are green ...
A Hubble Space Telescope image of the galaxy MCG-03-34-064 revealed three distinct bright spots embedded in a white ellipse at the galaxy's center (expanded in an inset image).