Scientific Name: Penaeus japonicus Spence Bate, 1888
Synonym: Marsupenaeus japonicus (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Kuruma prawn, Japanese King Prawn, Bamboo prawn,Kuruma Shrimp
Local/Bangla Name: Dora kata chingri (ডোরাকাটা চিংড়ি), Japani chingri ( জাপানি চিংড়ি), Bagda (বাগদা), Baghatara chingri (বাঘাতারা চিংড়ি)
Photo: Uddin et al 2022 (DoF)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Penaeidae
Description:
The shrimp has a pale body with uninterrupted brown transverse bands. The walking legs and pleopods are pale yellow proximally and blue distally. The uropods are distally striped with yellow and blue, and the setal fringe is red. The rostrum has 7-11 teeth on the upper margin and a single tooth on the lower margin.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh, mainly Bagerhat, Khulna and Satkhira.
Environment:
Marine
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
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
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