Penaeus longistylus   Kubo, 1943

Redspot king prawn
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Penaeus longistylus

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Penaeidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 0 - 55 m (Ref. 8).  Temperate; 46°N - 41°S, 99°E - 169°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 14.8 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8); 15.1 cm TL (female); max. published weight: 35.00 g (Ref. 175)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Minimum depth from Ref. 99823. Subtidal (Ref. 106854). Occurs at depths from 35 to 55 m in bottom sand and reefs. Temperate to tropical climates (Ref. 8). Can be pelagic, i.e. recorded in the water column (Ref. 106854).

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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Holthuis, L.B. 1980. (Ref. 8)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 23.5 - 28.5, mean 27.6 (based on 168 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=1.12-2.06).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.