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| | Synonyms
| | | | Penaeus longipes Paulson, 1875 | | | Parapenaeus curvirostris M.J. Rathbun, 1902 | | | Trachypeneus asper Alcock, 1905 | | | Metapenaeus curvirostris Nobili, 1906 | | | Metapenaeus palaestinensis Steinitz, 1932 | | | Trachypenaeus curvirostris malaiana Balss, 1933 | | | Trachypeneus (Trachysalambria) curvirostris Burkenroad, 1934 | | | Trachypeneus (Trachysalambria) curvirostris malaiana Burkenroad, 1959 | | | Trachypeneus (Trachysalambria) curvirostris palaestinensis Burkenroad, 1950 |
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| FAO Names | | En - Southern rough shrimp, Fr - Crevette-archer, Sp - Camarón fijador arquero. |
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3Alpha Code: TRV Taxonomic Code: 2280104302 |
| Scientific Name with Original Description | | | Penaeus curvirostris Stimpson, 1860, Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Phila., 1860:44. |
| Geographical Distribution | |
| | Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, East Africa and Madagascar to China, Japan and Australia. Eastern Atlantic: the species entered the eastern Mediterranean through the Suez Canal and has been reported from Egypt, Israel and Turkey. |
| Habitat and Biology | | | Depth 13 to 150 m.Marine. |
| Size | | | Maximum total length 81 mm (male), 98 mm (female); maximum carapace length 22 mm (male), 30 mm (female). |
| Interest to Fisheries | | Because of the small size of the animals, the commercial importance of this species is usually minor. Longhurst (1970:280) reported a fishery for this and other species in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea. In Madagascar it is caught in small quantities. Kurian & Sebastian (1976:101), although listing the species among the Indian prawns of commercial importance, remarked that in India it is "not found in large numbers to contribute to a fishery". Liu (1955:14) listed it among the economic shrimps of N. China. In Japan the species is offered at the fish markets (Balss, 1914:11; Kubo, 1949:394). Yasuda (1949:180) cited it as "an important, commercial as well as bait shrimp" in the Ise and Mikawa Bay areas of Japan. In Australia the species, although abundant in New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia, is rendered commercially unimportant by its small size (Racek, 1957:12). The total catch reported for this species to FAO for 1999 was 403 027 t. The countries with the largest catches were China (400 786 t) and Taiwan Province of (2 241 t).
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| Local Names | | | Hong Kong :
Sui lim har ebi (also used for other species of the genus). |
| Australia :
Hardback prawn ,
Southern rough prawn . |
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Bibliography Dall, 1957:203 Burkenroad, 1959:90, Fig. 17 Hall, 1961: 98 Kubo, 1949:393, Figures Racek & Dall, 1965:89 |
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