Species under Macrobrachium
n= 77
| Species name | Common name | Distribution | Max. Length (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macrobrachium acanthurus (Wiegmann, 1836) |
Cinnamon river shrimp | Western Atlantic, Arctic and the American inland waters | |
| Macrobrachium aemulum (Nobili, 1906) |
Noumea river prawn | Oceania Inland Water | |
| Macrobrachium amazonicum (Heller, 1862) |
Amazon river prawn | South America | 18.45 |
| Macrobrachium americanum Bate, 1868 |
Cauque river prawn | Eastern Pacific | |
| Macrobrachium asperulum (Von Martens, 1868) |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Macrobrachium australe (Guérin-Méneville, 1838) |
Koua river prawn | Oceania Inland Water | |
| Macrobrachium birmanicum Schenkel, 1902 |
Birma river prawn | To be filled | |
| Macrobrachium caledonicum (Roux, 1926) |
New Caledonia river prawn | Australia | |
| Macrobrachium carcinus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Bigclaw river shrimp | Western Atlantic, Arctic and North American inland waters | |
| Macrobrachium choprai (Tiwari, 1949) |
Ganges river prawn | Southern Asia | |
| Macrobrachium crenulatum Holthuis, 1950 |
Western Atlantic and North American inland water | ||
| Macrobrachium dacqueti (Sunier, 1925) |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Macrobrachium dayanum (Henderson, 1893) |
Kaira river prawn | Southern Asia | |
| Macrobrachium dienbienphuense Dang & Nguyen, 1972 |
Western Pacific | ||
| Macrobrachium digueti (Bouvier, 1895) |
To be filled | ||
| Macrobrachium dux (Lenz, 1910) |
Congo river prawn | Africa Inland Waters | 5.5 |
| Macrobrachium equidens (Dana, 1852) |
Rough river prawn | Indo-West Pacific | 9.8 |
| Macrobrachium esculentum (Thallwitz, 1891) |
Sweet river prawn | Southern Asia | |
| Macrobrachium faustinum (de Saussure, 1857) |
Western Atlantic and North American inland water | ||
| Macrobrachium felicinum Holthuis, 1949 |
Niger River prawn | Eastern Atlantic | 9 |
| Macrobrachium formosense Bate, 1868 |
Crane river prawn | Southern Asia | |
| Macrobrachium gracilirostre (Miers, 1875) |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Macrobrachium grandimanus (Randall, 1840) |
Hawaiian river shrimp | Oceania | |
| Macrobrachium guangxiense Liang & Yan, 1981 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Macrobrachium hancocki Holthuis, 1950 |
Hancock's river prawn | Eastern Pacific | |
| Macrobrachium hendersoni (De Man, 1906) |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Macrobrachium heterochirus (Wiegmann, 1836) |
Cascade river prawn | Western Atlantic | |
| Macrobrachium horstii (De Man, 1892) |
Western Pacific | ||
| Macrobrachium idae (Heller, 1862) |
Orana river prawn | Asia Inland Water | |
| Macrobrachium idella (Hilgendorf, 1898) |
Slender river prawn | To be filled | |
| Macrobrachium inflatum Liang & Yan, 1985 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Macrobrachium insulare (Parisi, 1919) |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Macrobrachium intermedium (Stimpson, 1860) |
Striped river prawn | Indo-West Pacific | |
| Macrobrachium japonicum (De Haan, 1849) |
Western Pacific | ||
| Macrobrachium jaroense (Cowles, 1914) |
Jaro river prawn | Southern Asia | |
| Macrobrachium javanicum (Heller, 1862) |
Java river prawn | Southern Asia | |
| Macrobrachium jelskii (Miers, 1877) |
Agar river prawn | South America | |
| Macrobrachium jiangxiense Liang & Yan, 1985 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Macrobrachium lamarrei (Milne-Edwards, 1837) |
Kuncho river prawn | Southern Asia | |
| Macrobrachium lanceifrons (Dana, 1852) |
Philippine river prawn | Southern Asia, Philippines | |
| Macrobrachium lanchesteri (De Man, 1911) |
Riceland prawn | Southern Asia | |
| Macrobrachium lar (Fabricius, 1798) |
Monkey river prawn | Oceania Inland Water | |
| Macrobrachium latidactylus (Thallwitz, 1891) |
Scissor river prawn | Western Pacific | |
| Macrobrachium latimanus (Von Martens, 1868) |
Mountain river prawn | Oceania Inland Water | |
| Macrobrachium lepidactyloides (De Man, 1892) |
Malayam scale prawn | Oceania Inland Water | |
| Macrobrachium lepidactylus (Hilgendorf, 1897) |
Madagascar scale prawn | Africa | |
| Macrobrachium macrobrachion (Herklots, 1851) |
Brackish river prawn | Africa | |
| Macrobrachium maculatum Liang & Yan, 1980 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Macrobrachium malayanum (Roux, 1935) |
Greybeard river prawn | Southern Asia | |
| Macrobrachium malcolmsonii (Milne-Edwards, 1844) |
Monsoon river prawn | Asia - Inland Waters | 22.5 |
| Macrobrachium mammillodactylus (Thallwitz, 1892) |
Knobtooth prawn | Western Pacific | |
| Macrobrachium meridionalis Liang & Yan, 1983 |
Western Pacific | ||
| Macrobrachium mirabile (Kemp, 1917) |
Shortleg river prawn | Asia - Inland waters | |
| Macrobrachium nipponense (De Haan, 1849) |
Oriental river prawn | Southern Asia | |
| Macrobrachium novaehollandiae (De Man, 1908) |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Macrobrachium occidentale Holthuis, 1950 |
Western river prawn | To be filled | |
| Macrobrachium ohione (Smith, 1874) |
Ohio shrimp | Western Atlantic and North American inland water | |
| Macrobrachium olfersii (Wiegmann, 1836) |
Bristled river shrimp | Western Atlantic | |
| Macrobrachium panamense Rathbun, 1912 |
Eastern Pacific | ||
| Macrobrachium patsa (Coutière, 1899) |
Patsa river prawn | Africa | |
| Macrobrachium pilimanus (De Man, 1879) |
Muff prawn | Southern Asia | |
| Macrobrachium raridens (Hilgendorf, 1893) |
Volta river prawn | Africa | 15 |
| Macrobrachium rathbunae Holthuis, 1950 |
Shortfinger river shrimp | To be filled | |
| Macrobrachium rosenbergii (De Man, 1879) |
Giant river prawn | Indo-Pacific | 34 |
| Macrobrachium rude (Heller, 1862) |
Hairy river prawn | Southern Asia | |
| Macrobrachium scabriculum (Heller, 1862) |
Goda river prawn | Southern Asia | |
| Macrobrachium shaoi Cai & Jeng, 2001 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Macrobrachium sintangense (De Man, 1898) |
Sunda river prawn | Southern Asia | |
| Macrobrachium superbum (Heller, 1862) |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Macrobrachium surinamicum Holthuis, 1948 |
Suriname river prawn | To be filled | |
| Macrobrachium tenellum (Smith, 1871) |
Longarm river prawn | Eastern Pacific | |
| Macrobrachium trompii (De Man, 1898) |
Forest river prawn | Southern Asia | |
| Macrobrachium venustum (Parisi, 1919) |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Macrobrachium vietnamense Dang, 1980 |
Western Pacific | ||
| Macrobrachium villosimanus (Tiwari, 1949) |
Dimua river prawn | Southern Asia | |
| Macrobrachium vollenhovenii (Herklots, 1857) |
African river prawn | Endemic to Eastern Atlantic | 18.2 |
| Macrobrachium yui Holthuis, 1950 |
Western Pacific |