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| | Synonyms
| | | | Cancer (Gamarellus) chinensis Herbst, 1793 | | | Penaeus orientalis Kishinouye, 1918 |
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| FAO Names | | En - Fleshy prawn, Fr - Crevette charnue, Sp - Langostino carnoso. |
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3Alpha Code: FLP Taxonomic Code: 2280100116 |
| Scientific Name with Original Description | | | Cancer cinensis Osbeck, 1765, Reise nach Ostindien und China, 151. |
| Geographical Distribution | |
| | Indo-West Pacific: Korea; China; Hong Kong. Records from outside this area are doubtful and may pertain to one of the other Fenneropenaeus species. |
| Habitat and Biology | | | Depth 90 to 180 m.Marine. |
| Size | | | Maximum total length 154 mm (male), 183 mm (female); maximum carapace length 42 mm (male), 55 mm (female). |
| Interest to Fisheries | | The species is of considerable commercial importance in the Yellow Sea, East China Sea and Korean Bight, where it is trawled. It is sold in Korea, China, Japan and Hong Kong.
Frozen (both whole and headed) it is exported to Western Europe. Pond culture for this species has started in South Korea and Japan.The total catch reported for this species to FAO for 1999 was 70 725 t. The countries with the largest catches were China (69 911 t) and Penaeus chinensis (814 t).
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| Local Names | | | Hong Kong :
Fleshy prawn . |
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| Remarks | | The problem of the distinctness of this species from Penaeus indicus is still not definitely solved. The name Penaeus chinensis has hardly ever been used for the species, which is better known as P. orientalis. However, Osbeck's (1765) description is sufficiently clear to make certain that his specimens belonged to the present species; the specific name chinensis, being one of the oldest for any penaeid species, has therefore to be used.
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