| Indian prawn | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
| Family: | Penaeidae |
| Genus: | Fenneropenaeus |
| Species: | F. indicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Fenneropenaeus indicus (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837) [1]
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The Indian prawn (Fenneropenaeus indicus, formerly Penaeus indicus) is one of the major commercial prawn species of the world. It is found in the Indo-West Pacific from eastern and south-eastern Africa, through India, Malaysia and Indonesia to southern China and northern Australia.[3] Adult shrimp grow to a length of about 22 cm (9 in) and live on the seabed to depths of about 90 m (300 ft). The early developmental stages take place in the sea before the larvae move into estuaries. They return to the sea as sub-adults.
The Indian prawn is used for human consumption and is the subject of a sea fishery, particularly in China, India, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand. It is also the subject of an aquaculture industry, the main countries involved in this being Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Iran and India. For this, wild seed is collected or young shrimps are reared in hatcheries and kept in ponds as they grow. The ponds may be either extensive with reliance on natural foods, with rice paddy fields being used in India after the monsoon period, or semi-intensive or intensive, with controlled feeding. Harvesting is by drainage of the pond.
- ^ "Fenneropenaeus indicus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ "Fenneropenaeus indicus". Aquaculture Compendium. CAB International. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
- ^ "Fenneropenaeus indicus Indian white prawn". SeaLifeBase. Retrieved May 27, 2010.