Metapenaeus monoceros - Marine Biodiversity Portal of Bangladesh

Scientific Name: Metapenaeus monoceros (Fabricius, 1798)

English Name: Speckled/Ginger shrimp, Brown Shrimp

Local/Bangla Name: Harina/ Kharkharia chingri (হরিনা/খারখারিয়া চিংড়ি), Horney (হর্নি), Haringa (হারিঙ্গা), loilla (লইল্ল্যা), Kucho chingri (কুচো চিংড়ি), Saga chingri (সাগা চিংড়ি)

Labcode: S1602Sb-12

Photo: Uddin et al 2022 (DoF)

Classification:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Malacostraca

Order: Decapoda

Family: Penaeidae

Description:

The body, pereopods and pleopods of this crustacean are a light green to pinkish color. The rostrum is straight and uptilted, and it has 9-10 dorsal teeth. The telson does not have any large, movable spines. The distal parts of the uropods are purple-blue.

Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:

Satkhira, Bagerhat, Khulna, Patuakhali, Sundarban, Dublar Char, Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar and Teknaf coast

Environment:

Marine, Brackish

References:

Habib KA, Kim CG, Oh J, Neogi AK, Lee YH (2017) Aquatic Biodiversity of Sundarbans, Bangladesh), Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST), 394 p.

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

Hussain MG, Rahman MJ (2010) Marine fisheries resources of Bangladesh: Stock status and management issues, pp 37-51. In: Hussain MG and Hoq ME (eds.), Sustainable Management of Fisheries Resources of the Bay of Bengal, Support to BOBLME Project, Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute, Bangladesh, 122 Pp.

Shah M, Hossain M (2006) A CHECKLIST OF FISH AND CRUSTACEANS OF THE SOUTH-WEST COAST OF BANGLADESH, Khulna Univ. Stud., pp. 129–140, https://doi.org/10.53808/KUS.SI.FRCC.2006.129-140-ls

Mustafa MG (1989) Population dynamics of penaeid brown shrimp, Metapenaeus monoceros Fabricius from Bay of Bengal. Bangladesh Journal of Zoology 17(2):149–58.