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Metapenaeus monoceros   (Fabricius, 1798)

Speckled shrimp

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Metapenaeus monoceros

Tunisia country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: marine
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments:
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ts.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bartley, D.M. (comp./ed.), 2006
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Brown shrimp, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Penaeidae (penaeid shrimps)

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

; Υφάλμυρο; εύρος βάθους 1 - 170 m (Ref. 8), usually 10 - 30 m (Ref. 8).   Tropical, preferred 26°C (Ref. 107945); 30°N - 31°S, 29°E - 103°E

Κατανομή Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Εισαγωγές

Indo-West Pacific and Southern Atlantic. Introduced in the Mediterranean. Tropical to subtropical.

Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age

Maturity: Lm 12.7, range 11 - 12 cm Max length : 19.9 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 119750); 22.6 cm TL (female); μεγ. αναφερόμενη ηλικία: 2.50 έτη (Ref. 104940)

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

Maximum carapace length: 5.0 cm (female; Ref. 8). Prefers bottom sandy mud (Ref. 8). Also occurs on seagrasses, mudflats, sandflats and mangrove channels. Frequently burrows (Ref. 106912). Feeds on crustaceans, polychaetes, mollusks, fishes, algae and detritus (Ref. 104916).

Life cycle and mating behavior Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Αβγά | Γονιμότητα | Προνύμφες

Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer (Ref. 833). Females spawn once every two (2) months (Ref. 104933).

Main reference Αναφορές | Συντονιστής | Συνεργάτες

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

Human uses

αλιεία: Εμπορικό(ά); δόλωμα: occasionally
FAO - αλιεία: landings | FishSource | Η θάλασσα γύρω μας

Εργαλεία

E-book | Οδηγός πεδίου

Διαδικτυακές πηγές

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(αλιεία: ; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Δέντρο Ζωής | Wikipedia (Go, αναζήτηση) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25.2 - 29.3, mean 27.8 (based on 258 cells).
Ελαστικότητα (Ref. 69278) Υψηλό, ελάχιστος χρόνος για διπλασιασμό πληθυσμού < 15 μήνες (K=0.67-2.2; tmax=2.5).
Prior r = 1.11, 95% CL = 0.74 - 1.67, Based on 2 data-limited stock assessments.
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.