Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Sergestidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range
Ekologi
Bentopelagisk; brackvatten; djupintervall 0 - 55 m (Ref. 409). Tropical; 31°N - 32°S, 30°E - 138°E
Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Africa to Hong Kong and Australia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Könsmognad: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 3.2 cm BL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 409); 4.8 cm BL (female)
Rostrum, which has two dorsal denticles or teeth, is shorter than eyes. Elongated first 3 pereiopods and no fourth and fifth pereiopods. Larger female than males. Color: in life, whole body almost transparent. Milky or yellowish when dead.
Marketed either dried, boiled, salted, fermented, fresh, or processed in other ways; consumed locally in the form of seasoning (shrimp paste/sauce) (Ref. 409). Planktonic in life. Inhabits estuarine waters with mangroves (Ref. 374). Marine or brackish, but usually brackish and fished in the intertidal zone, estuaries (Ref. 409) and mangroves (Refs. 409, 121475). In general, it is a zooplanktivorous omnivore, wherein it primarily feeds on copepods, ostracods, other crustaceans, and molluscan veligers. It is observed to forage intensively after midnight (Ref. 104021). Omnivorous suspension feeder (Ref. 105380).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.
Pérez Farfante, I. and B. Kensley 1997 Penaeoid and Sergestoid shrimps and prawns of the world: keys and diagnoses for the families and genera. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 175:1-233. (Ref. 75620)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fiskeri: kommersiell
FAO - fiskeri: landings | FishSource |
Verktyg
Ytterligare information
PhysiologySyreförbrukning
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet-källor
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 24.8 - 29.1, mean 28.3 (based on 1292 cells).
Resiliens
Hög, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid mindre än 15 månader (K=1.2).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
