Malacostraca | 
Decapoda | 
Sergestidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Pelagic-neritic.  Tropical; 26°N -   12°S, 68°E -   127°E			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Indo-West Pacific:  from Taiwan to Indonesia and India to Africa.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 2.4 cm BL male/unsexed; (Ref. 374); 2.6 cm BL (female)			
			
			
							
				
				
					
						Rostrum, which has two dorsal denticles or teeth, is shorter than eyes.  Elongated first 3 pereiopods and no fourth and fifth pereipods.  Larger female than males.  Color:  in life, whole body almost transparent.  Milky or yellowish when dead.					
				
				
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Planktonic in life.  Inhabits estuarine waters with mangroves (Ref. 374).  Epipelagic, found mainly at sea (Ref. 409).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | 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.  				
			
			
			
			
			
				Motoh, H. 1980 Field guide for the edible crustacea of the Philippines. Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC). Aquaculture Department, Iloilo, Philippines. (Ref. 374)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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				Human uses  
			
			
				Fisheries: commercial			
			
			
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					Resilience  				
				
				
					High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=1.5).				
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).