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Scientific Name: Metapenaeus brevicornis (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
English Name: Yellow shrimp
Local/Bangla Name: Loilla (লইল্যা), Saga (সাগা), Horina chingri (হরিণা চিংড়ি), Nona chingri (নোনা চিংড়ি), Kucho chingri (কুচো চিংড়ি)
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Penaeidae
Description:
There are more spots on the tail fin. The body is not or only slightly covered in hair-like structures. The rostrum has 6-7 teeth on the back. The telson is armed only with small spines. There is a strong spine on the base of all three pairs of chelipeds.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Patuakhali, the Sundarbans and the Bay of Bengal.
Environment:
Marine
Other References:
Ahmed ATA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Rahman AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondker M (Eds.) (2008) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 18. Part II. Arthropoda: Crustacea. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka, 226 pp
IUCN Bangladesh (2015) Red List of Bangladesh. Volume 6: Crustaceans. IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xvi+256 pp.
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