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Metapenaeus monoceros   (Fabricius, 1798)

Speckled shrimp

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Metapenaeus monoceros

Saudi Arabia country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments:
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sa.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Pérez Farfante, I. and B. Kensley, 1997
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Brown shrimp, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Malacostraca > Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Penaeidae (penaeid shrimps)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; brackish; depth range 1 - 170 m (Ref. 8), usually 10 - 30 m (Ref. 8).   Tropical, preferred 26°C (Ref. 107945); 30°N - 31°S, 29°E - 103°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific and Southern Atlantic. Introduced in the Mediterranean. Tropical to subtropical.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 12.7, range 11 - 12 cm Max length : 19.9 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 119750); 22.6 cm TL (female); max. reported age: 2.50 years (Ref. 104940)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum carapace length: 5.0 cm (female; Ref. 8).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer (Ref. 833). Females spawn once every two (2) months (Ref. 104933).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Holthuis, L.B. 1980. (Ref. 8)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; bait: occasionally
FAO - Fisheries: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Tools

E-book | Field guide

Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Fisheries: ; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25.2 - 29.3, mean 27.8 (based on 258 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278) High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.67-2.2; tmax=2.5).
Prior r = 1.11, 95% CL = 0.74 - 1.67, Based on 2 data-limited stock assessments.
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (11 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.