fao fisheries & aquaculture - species fact sheets - penaeus merguiensis (de man, 1888) (1)

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Penaeus merguiensis (De Man, 1888)

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Synonyms

Penaeus indicus merguiensis De Man, 1882

FAO Names

En - Banana prawn, Fr - Crevette banane, Sp - Langostino banana.

3Alpha Code: PBA Taxonomic Code: 2280100103

Scientific Name with Original DescriptionPenaeus merguiensis De Man, 1888, J.Linn.Soc.Lond.(Zool.), 22:287.

Geographical Distribution

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Species distribution

Penaeusmergui ensis

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Indo-West Pacific: from the Persian Gulf to Thailand, Hong Kong, the Philippines. Indonesia, New Guinea,

New Caledonia and N. Australia (north of 29S).

Habitat and Biology

Depth 10 to 45 m.Bottom mud. Estuarine and marine.

Size

Maximum total length 240 mm (female).

Interest to Fisheries

The species is commercially of major importance in the Persian Gulf and in Pakistan (Longhurst,

1970:280,281; Tirmizi, in Litt.). In India this species has often been confused with Penaeus indicusso that its

present economic status is not quite accurately known, but Jones (1967: 1333) pointed out that it definitely

contributes to the commercial fishery along the Karwar coast of W. India. Kurian & Sebastian (1976:100)

reported that there is a small fishery for this species "in the middle region of east and west coasts" of India,

while "juveniles are fished from estuaries". it is not mentioned for Bangladesh by Ahmad (1957), so that it is

possible that a confusion with P. indicushas occurred here also. P. merguiensisis also important off the

northwestern coast of Malaya, and possibly the west coast of Thailand, and the Philippines (Longhurst,1970:284-290). In Indonesia it is taken by trawlersoff E. Sumatra, the south coast of Java, off Borneo and in

the Arafura Sea, being the dominant species there. In Australia it is the most important commercial species of

Queensland, and also in Western Australia it may become very important (Racek, 1955:222; 1957:12). In the

Gulf of Papua it is trawled for;

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the catch is frozen.It plays a role in pond culture in Thailand (Shigueno, 1975:120) and in Indonesia. The total

catch reported for this species to FAO for 1999 was 78 743 t. The countries with the largest catches were

Indonesia (65 230 t) and Thailand (9 200 t).

Global Capture Production for species (tonnes)

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Global Aquaculture Production for species (tonnes)

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Local Names

Pakistan : Jaira , Jiaro (used also for other species of Fenneropenaeus).

Malaysia : Udang kaki merah .

Indonesia : Udang putih .

Thailand : Kung chaebauy .

Hong Kong : Pak ha , White prawn .

Australia : Banana prawn , White prawn .



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Source of Information

FAO CATALOGUE Vol.1 - Shrimps and Prawns of the World. An Annotated Catalogue of Species of

Interest to Fisheries.L.B. Holthuis 1980. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No.125, Volume 1.

Bibliography

Kirkegaard, Tuma & Walker, 1970

http://www.fao.org/fi/eims_search/advanced_s_result.asp?JOB_NO=AC477

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