| occurence | native | ||
| importance | highly commercial | Ref. | Holthuis, L.B., 1980 |
| aquaculture | never/rarely | Ref. | |
| regulations | no regulations | Ref. | |
| freshwater | No | ||
| brackish | No | ||
| saltwater | Yes | ||
| live export | |||
| bait | No | ||
| game/sport | No | ||
| abundance | Ref. | ||
| comments | Commercially the most important species of Metapenaeus long the west coast and southern part of east coast of India (Ref. 8). C: Refs. 8, 75620, 116140, 121483. | ||
| C = country distribution; M = map distribution; O = occurrence data; R = regional distribution | |||
| States/Provinces | Gujarat (native), Karnataka (native) | ||
| States/Provinces Complete? | Yes | ||
| National Checklist | |||
| country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html | ||