Penaeus semisulcatus - Marine Biodiversity Portal of Bangladesh

Scientific Name: Penaeus semisulcatus De Haan, 1844

English Name: Green Tiger Prawn, Bamboo Node Prawn or Grooved Tiger

Local/Bangla Name: Sada icha (সাদা ইচা), Baghatara chingri (বাঘাতারা চিংড়ি)

Photo: Uddin et al 2022 (DoF)

Classification:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Malacostraca

Order: Decapoda

Family: Penaeidae

Description:

The carapace and abdomen of this crustacean are smooth and hairless. The rostrum is more or less straight and has 7 or 8 dorsal teeth and 3 ventral teeth. The antennae have white and red transverse stripes running across them. The adrostral carina extends well beyond the epigastric tooth

Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:

Bay of Bengal (Bangladesh), Bagerhat, Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Khepupara, Khulna, Patuakhali, Satkhira, the Sundarbans and Teknaf coast,Dublar Charf

Environment:

Marine, Brackish

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

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

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.

Bernaecsek GM (2001) Guide to the Shellfishes of the Bangladesh Sundarbans, Khulna, Bangladesh. ADB: BAN 1643/3158, 111 Pp