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Species Fact Sheets semisulcatus (De Haan, 1844)

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Synonyms Penaeus ashiaka Kishinouye, 1900 Penaeus semisulcatus paucidentatus Parisi, 1919 manillensis Villaluz & Arriola, 1938The name semisulcatus has been used incorrectly by some older authors forPenaeus monodon, which has caused considerable confusion.

FAO Names En - Green tiger , Fr - Crevette tigrée verte, Sp - Langostino tigre verde. 3Alpha Code: TIP Taxonomic Code: 2280100120

Scientific Name with Original Description Penaeus semisulcatus De Haan,, , in Von Siebold, Fauna Japonica, Crustacea (6/7): Pl. 46, Fig.1.

Geographical Distribution

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Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, E. and S.E. Africa to Japan, Korea, the Malay Archipelago and northern Australia. Eastern Atlantic: The species has reached the eastern Mediterranean through the Suez Canal; it is now found all along the coasts of , , Lebanon, Syria and southern .

Habitat and Biology Bottom mud, sand.Depth 2 to 130 m. Marine (adults) and estuarine (juveniles).

Size Maximum total length 180 mm (Male), 228 mm (Female).

Interest to Fisheries The species is of minor to moderate importance in Madagascar, S.E. and E. Africa (Mozambique to Somalia) and the Red Sea. In the Gulf of Aden, the Persian Gulf and in it is of major importance in the offshore fishery. In India it is more common on the east than on the west coast, but it is not as important commercially as P. monodon is there (Jones, 1967:1333; Kurian & Sebastian, 1976:100) . It plays a role in the ricefield shrimp farming in the Ganges delta. According to Longhurst (1970:282,283) the species is likely to be of economic importance in , and the . Lai-shing (1972:287) mentioned that it is caught by trawlers in the area. In the Inland Sea of Japan it is also commercially important (Yasuda, 1956; in table VI Yasuda evidently indicated the species by mistake with the nameP. monodon) . Yoshida (1941:10) listed the species among the shrimps of economic importance in Korea. In the eastern Mediterranean Penaeus semisulcatus is caught by Turkish, Israeli and Egyptian trawlers. Aquaculture experiments with this species are carried out in and .

In Pakistan it is exported frozen or canned, and also used for shrimp meal and paste (Tirmizi, in Litt.).

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Local Names South Africa : Green prawn . Arabian : Rebian . Japan : Kuma-ebi . Hong Kong : Fa ha , Flower prawn , Bamboo node prawn . Thailand : Kung kula lai . Australia : Grooved tiger prawn , Northern tiger prawn , Green tiger prawn . Israel : Kastanie .

Source of Information FAO CATALOGUE Vol.1 - Shrimps and of the World. An Annotated Catalogue of Species of FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department Interest to Fisheries.L.B. Holthuis 1980. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No.125, Volume 1.

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