Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Penaeidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 8 - 85 m (Ref. 116392), usually 60 - 60 m (Ref. 8). Tropical; 22°N - 45°S, 100°E - 154°E
Indo-West Pacific: Malaysia to the Philippines and Australia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 6.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8); 10.3 cm TL (female); max. published weight: 7.00 g (Ref. 116487)
Total length ranges from 4.7 to 6.3 cm (male); 3.2 to 10.3 cm (female). Carapace length: 1.25 cm (male); 2.3 cm (female) (Ref. 8). Juveniles inhabit subtidal edge of mud flats and far inshore waters (Ref. 121464). Pelagic, i.e. recorded in the water column (Ref. 106854).
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.
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 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
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Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowthMax. ages / sizesLength-weight rel.Length-length rel.Length-frequenciesMass conversionAbundance Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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Estimates based on models
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=1.4-1.6).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
