Macrobrachium rosenbergii

Macrobrachium rosenbergii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Palaemonidae
Genus: Macrobrachium
Species:
M. rosenbergii
Binomial name
Macrobrachium rosenbergii
De Man, 1879

Macrobrachium rosenbergii, also known as the giant river prawn or giant freshwater prawn, is a commercially important species of palaemonid freshwater prawn. It is found throughout the tropical and subtropical areas of the Indo-Pacific region, from India to Southeast Asia and Northern Australia.[2] The giant freshwater prawn has also been introduced to parts of Africa, Thailand, China, Japan, New Zealand, the Americas, and the Caribbean.[3] It is one of the biggest freshwater prawns in the world, and is widely cultivated in several countries for food.[2] While M. rosenbergii is considered a freshwater species, the larval stage of the animal depends on estuarine brackish water.[4] Once the individual shrimp has grown beyond the planktonic stage and becomes a juvenile, it migrants from the estuary and lives entirely in fresh water.[4]

It is also known as the Malaysian prawn, freshwater scampi (India), or cherabin (Australia). Locally, it is known as golda chingri (Bengali: গলদা চিংড়ি) in Bangladesh and India, udang galah in Indonesia and Malaysia, uwáng or uláng in the Philippines, Thailand prawn in Southern China and Taiwan (Chinese: Tàiguó xiā 泰國蝦),[5] and koong mae nam (กุ้งแม่น้ำ) or koong ghram gram (กุ้งก้ามกราม) in Thailand.[3]

  1. ^ De Grave, S.; Shy, J.; Wowor, D.; Page, T. (2013). "Macrobrachium rosenbergii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T197873A2503520. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T197873A2503520.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b H. Motoh & K. Kuronuma (1980). Field guide for the edible crustacea of the Philippines. Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC). p. 44. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Macrobrachium rosenbergii (giant freshwater prawn)". CABI. Archived from the original on 23 December 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Wynne was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "(In Chinese) 大陸南方養蝦發展動態概述". www.miobuffer.com.tw. Retrieved 6 January 2024.