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Scientific Name: Acetes indicus H. Milne Edwards, 1830
English Name: Jawla paste shrimp
Local/Bangla Name: Dhaina icha (ধাইনা ইচা), Gura icha (গুড়া ইচা), Banguri chingri (বাংগুড়ি চিংড়ি), Lailla icha (লইল্ল্যা ইচা)
Jawla paste shrimp - Dhaina icha (ধাইনা ইচা), Gura icha (গুড়া ইচা), Banguri chingri (বাংগুড়ি চিংড়ি), Lailla icha (লইল্ল্যা ইচা) - Acetes indicus - Type: Shrimp

Photo: Mostafa A R Hossain, 2015 (IUCN Bangladesh)

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Sergestidae
Description:
The body of this crustacean is somewhat transparent, with a short rostrum that has two distinct teeth. The telson of the female is triangular at the apex, while the male has a rounded genital coxa at the anterior margin. The petasma of the male does not have a pars astringens and it has one clasping spine on the lower antennular flagellum.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Moheskhali, Kumira, Hatia, Khepupara, Murrelganj (Bagerhat) and Kaliganj (Shatkhira)
Environment:
Marine, Brackish
Main 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

Other References:

Carpenter KE, Niem VH (eds) (1998) FAOs species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 2. Cephalopods, crustaceans, holothurians and sharks, Rome,FAO 1998, 687-1396 Pp

Holthuis LB (1980) FAO species catalogue. Shrimps and prawns of the world. An annotated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries, FAO Fish. Synop. 125(1): 271Pp.

BOBP (1993) Studies of interactive marine fisheries of Bangladesh. Bay of Bengal Programme, Madras 600 018, India

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