Giant river prawn

Giant river prawn

Taxobox | name = Giant river prawn
status = secure
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Crustacea
classis = Malacostraca
ordo = Decapoda
subordo = Pleocyemata
infraordo = Caridea
familia = Palaemonidae
genus = "Macrobrachium"
species = "M. rosenbergii"
binomial = "Macrobrachium rosenbergii"
binomial_authority = de Man, 1879

The giant river prawn ("Macrobrachium rosenbergii"), also known as the giant freshwater prawn or the Malaysian prawn, is a species of freshwater shrimp (not prawn) native to the Indo-Pacific and northern Australia. This species (as well as other "Macrobrachium") is commercially important for its value as a food source.

While this species is considered a freshwater one, the larval stage of the animal depends on brackish water. Once the individual shrimp has grown beyond the planktonic stage and become a juvenile, it will live entirely in freshwater.

This species of shrimp can get quite large, attaining a length of nearly 30 cm (12 inches) and a weight of approximately 1 kg (several ounces). Fact|date=July 2008

The shrimp can be successfully raised in outdoor ponds and is readily available for sale on the Internet. Amateur cultivation of this species is particularly popular in the Midwestern region of the United States.

See also

*Freshwater prawn farming


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Freshwater prawn farm — This article is about the farming of freshwater prawns. For the farming of marine (saltwater) shrimps, see shrimp farming. A freshwater prawn farm is an aquaculture business designed to raise and produce freshwater prawn or shrimpfn|1 for human… …   Wikipedia

  • Shrimp farm — This article is about the farming of marine (saltwater) shrimp. For farming of fresh water species, see freshwater prawn farming. A shrimp farm is an aquaculture business for the cultivation of marine shrimp or prawnsfn|a for human consumption.… …   Wikipedia

  • Macrobrachium rosenbergii — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …   Wikipedia

  • Aquaculture — installations in southern Chile Aquaculture, also known as aquafarming, is the farming of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic plants …   Wikipedia

  • List of fishing topics — This page is a list of fishing topics. AlphanumericTOC align=center nobreak= numbers= seealso= externallinks= references= top=| 11959 Escuminac Hurricane22004 Morecambe Bay cockling disasterAA Pobra do Caramiñal A River Somewhere Abalone ABU… …   Wikipedia

  • Protected areas of China — This article lists the nationally protected areas of China. There are many forms of protected areas in China. Based on their relative importance, each type of protected area can be further graded into two to three levels (national, provincial and …   Wikipedia

  • Chilika Lake — Chilka Lake Fishermen pushing against the tide Coordinates …   Wikipedia

  • List of fishes of India — This is a list of the fish species found in India and is based on FishBase. [Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006.FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. [http://www.fishbase.org] , version (05/2006)] AlbuliformesAlbulidae… …   Wikipedia

  • Industrial agriculture (animals) — Industrial animal agriculture is a modern form of intensive farming that refers to the industrialized production of livestock, including cattle, poultry (in battery farms ) and fish. Most of the meat, dairy and eggs available in supermarkets are… …   Wikipedia

  • Asia — /ay zheuh, ay sheuh/, n. a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. 2,896,700,000; ab. 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km). * * * I Largest continent on Earth. It is bounded by the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean …   Universalium

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”