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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
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
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 Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

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

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

; salmastro; distribuzione batimetrica 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

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

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

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 12.7, range 11 - 12 cm Max length : 19.9 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 119750); 22.6 cm TL (female); Età massima riportata: 2.50 anni (Ref. 104940)

Biologia     Glossario (es. 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 Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

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 Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

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

Pesca: commerciale; esca: occasionally
FAO - pesca: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Strumenti

E-book | Giuda pratica

Fonti Internet

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

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25.2 - 29.3, mean 27.8 (based on 258 cells).
Resilienza (Ref. 69278) Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (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.