Scientific Name: Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798
English Name: Giant tiger prawn, Asian tiger shrimpBlack Tiger Shrimp, Jumbo Tiger Prawn
Local/Bangla Name: Bagda chingri (বাগদা চিংড়ি), Bara Icha (বারা চিংড়ি)
Photo: Uddin et al 2022 (DoF)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Penaeidae
Description:
The body of this crustacean is a greyish color, with a light brown to greenish or dark greenish blue hue. The carapace is covered with mud-yellow transverse bands. The rostrum is generally armed with 7 dorsal teeth and 3 ventral teeth. The fifth leg does not have an exopod (outer branch), and the telson does not have lateral spines.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coastal belt of the country like khulna, Bagerhat, Satkhira, Patuakhali and Coxs Bazar, in sea and tidal rivers,Dublar Char
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
Bernacsek GMS, Nandi S, Paul NC (1992) Draft Thematic Study: Fisheries in the North East Region of Bangladesh. North East Regional Water Management Project (FAP-6). Bangladesh Engineering and Technological Services, Dhaka, Bangladesh, p. 122.
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