Scientific Name: Metapenaeus affinis (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
Synonym: Penaeus affinis (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Jinga shrimp
Local/Bangla Name: Loilla chingri (লইল্যা চিংড়ি), Keraney chingri (কেরানি চিংড়ি), Honye Chingri (হন্য চিংড়ি), Kharkhia (খারখিয়া)
Labcode: P1701Sb-10
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Penaeidae
Description:
The body is a brownish green to brownish blue color. The rostrum is thin and has 8-9 dorsal teeth. The telson is only armed with small spines. There is a strong spine on the base of all three pairs of chelipeds.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine, Brackish
References:
Uddin MS, Chowdhury SR, Rashed MR, Singha NK, Tazim MF, Mamun MAA, Mamun A, Rahman MM, Hasan ME (eds.) (2022) Album: Marine and Coastal Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Government of Bangladesh, 336 pp
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
