FAO Fisheries &Amp; Aquaculture - Species Fact Sheets - Penaeus Merguiensis (de Man, 1888) (1)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nationsfor a world without hunger Species Fact Sheets Penaeus merguiensis (De Man, 1888) Black and white drawing: (click for more) Synonyms Penaeus indicus merguiensis De Man, 1882 FAO Names En - Banana prawn, Fr - Crevette banane, Sp - Langostino banana. 3Alpha Code: PBA Taxonomic Code: 2280100103 Scientific Name with Original Description Penaeus merguiensis De Man, 1888, J.Linn.Soc.Lond.(Zool.), 22:287. Geographical Distribution FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department Fisheries and Aquaculture Department while "juveniles are fished from estuaries". Hong Kong. Habitat and Biology Depth 10 to 45 m. the Philippines. Kurian & Sebastian (1976:100) reported that there is a small fishery for this species "in the middle region of east and west coasts" of India. Australia (north of 29°S). being the dominant species there. 1955:222. In the Gulf of Papua it is trawled for. Estuarine and marine. In India this species has often been confused with Penaeus indicus so that its present economic status is not quite accurately known. P. New Guinea. and the Philippines (Longhurst.Bottom mud. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department . India. Sumatra. 1970:280. Indonesia. in Litt. Size Maximum total length 240 mm (female). In Indonesia it is taken by trawlers off E. Interest to Fisheries The species is commercially of major importance in the Persian Gulf and in Pakistan (Longhurst. New Caledonia and N.5000 km 2000 nmi Launch the Aquatic Species Distribution map viewer Species distribution Penaeus m er gui ensi s Base layers FAO f ishing ar eas 200 naut ical m iles ar cs Indo-West Pacific: from the Persian Gulf to Thailand.281. but Jones (1967: 1333) pointed out that it definitely contributes to the commercial fishery along the Karwar coast of W. off Borneo and in the Arafura Sea. and also in Western Australia it may become very important (Racek. so that it is possible that a confusion with P. merguiensis is also important off the northwestern coast of Malaya. 1957:12).). it is not mentioned for Bangladesh by Ahmad (1957). the south coast of Java. and possibly the west coast of Thailand. In Australia it is the most important commercial species of Queensland. Tirmizi. indicus has occurred here also. 1970:284-290). The total catch reported for this species to FAO for 1999 was 78 743 t. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department . Thailand : Kung chaebauy . 1975:120) and in Indonesia. White prawn . Australia : Banana prawn . Malaysia : Udang kaki merah . Jiaro (used also for other species of Fenneropenaeus). The countries with the largest catches were Indonesia (65 230 t) and Thailand (9 200 t). Global Capture Production for species (tonnes) Source: FAO FishStat 150k 100k 50k 0k 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2000 2010 Penaeus merguiensis Global Aquaculture Production for species (tonnes) Source: FAO FishStat 100k 50k 0k 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 Penaeus merguiensis Local Names Pakistan : Jaira . White prawn .the catch is frozen.It plays a role in pond culture in Thailand (Shigueno. Indonesia : Udang putih . Hong Kong : Pak ha . Source of Information FAO CATALOGUE Vol. Bibliography Kirkegaard. Holthuis 1980.1 . 1970 FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department .Shrimps and Prawns of the World.125. Tuma & Walker. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. Volume 1. An Annotated Catalogue of Species of Interest to Fisheries.B.L.