Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Penaeidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 20 - 90 m (Ref. 8), usually ? - 50 m (Ref. 801). Tropical; 30°N - 12°S, 47°E - 129°E
Indian Ocean: from Kuwait and Pakistan to Bangladesh. Pérez Farfante recognizes 2 subspecies: Parapenaeopsis stylifera stylifera from Persian Gulf to India and Sri Lanka and Parapenaeopsis stylifera coromandelica from east coast of India to Indonesia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 9.0, range 6 - 7 cm Max length : 12.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 119750); 14.9 cm TL (female); max. reported age: 2.00 years (Ref. 114955)
From coast to depths of 90 m, but usually down to 50 m on muddy or sandy-mud substrates (Ref. 801). Omnivorous bottom feeder, mainly feeding on crustaceans, mud and detritus, vegetable matter, gastropods, bivalves, diatoms, and sand particles. Higher feeding intensity observed with sexual maturity (Ref. 106981).
Also Refs. 833, 106504.
Holthuis, L.B. 1980. (Ref. 8)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 23.5 - 28.6, mean 27.8 (based on 353 cells).
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=1-2.48; tmax=2).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
