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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

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

| Decapoda | Penaeidae

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

; salobre; rango de profundidad 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

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Introducciones

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

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 12.7, range 11 - 12 cm Max length : 19.9 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 119750); 22.6 cm TL (female); edad máxima reportada: 2.50 años (Ref. 104940)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Maximum carapace length: 5.0 cm (female; Ref. 8). Prefers bottom sandy mud (Ref. 8). Also occurs on seagrasses, mudflats, sandflats and mangrove channels. Frequently burrows (Ref. 106912). Feeds on crustaceans, polychaetes, mollusks, fishes, algae and detritus (Ref. 104916).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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 Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

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

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial; carnada: occasionally
FAO - pesquerías: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Herramientas

E-book | Guía de campo

Fuentes de Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(pesquerías: ; publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Árbol de la vida | Wikipedia (Go, búsqueda) | Expediente Zoológico

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25.2 - 29.3, mean 27.8 (based on 258 cells).
Resiliencia (Ref. 69278): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (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 (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.
Nutrients: Calcium = 109 [35, 184] mg/100g; Iron = 1.59 [1.21, 1.97] mg/100g; Protein = 20.2 [19.2, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.285 [0.185, 0.386] g/100g; Selenium = 48.3 [-31.7, 128.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.79 [1.17, 2.40] mg/100g (wet weight).