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Scientific Name: Mierspenaeopsis sculptilis Henderson,1893

Synonym: Parapenaeopsis sculptilis  (Currently unaccepted)

English Name: Rainbow Shrimp
Local/Bangla Name: Ruda (রুডা), Baghatara chingri (বাঘাতারা চিংড়ি), Tiga chingri(টিগা চিংড়ি)
Rainbow Shrimp - Ruda (রুডা), Baghatara chingri (বাঘাতারা চিংড়ি), Tiga chingri(টিগা চিংড়ি) - Mierspenaeopsis sculptilis - Type: Shrimp

Photo: ABR Lab

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Penaeidae
Description:
The rostrum is S-shaped and has 7 to 9 dorsal teeth. The distal half or more of the tubercle is toothless. There is an epigastric tooth present. The longitudinal suture is brown and long, reaching two-thirds of the carapace length. he shrimp has a pale body with wide, dark brown almost black transverse bands. The rostrum is curved and has 8-9 dorsal teeth. The epigastric tooth is feeble or absent. The telson has 3-4 pairs of movable lateral spines.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Barisal, Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Khulna, Kutubdia, Moheshkhali, Patuakhali, Sonadia and the Sundarbans.
Environment:
Marine
Main 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.

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

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.

Azadi MA, Mustafa MG and Islam MS (1995) ELEFAN based population dynamics of Parapenaeopsis sculptilis (Heller) from the Kumira estuary, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Chittagong Univ. Stud. Part II Sc. 19(2):181-190.

Zafar M, Mustafa MG, Amin SMN (1997) Studies on some aspect of population dynamics of Parapenaeopsis sculptilis (Heller) from Bangladesh coast. Chittagong Univ. Stud, Part II: Sci. 21(2): 107–116

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

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