Penaeus penicillatus, Redtail prawn : fisheries
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Penaeus penicillatus   Alcock, 1905

Redtail prawn

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Penaeus penicillatus  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Penaeidae

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

Benthic; brackish; depth range 0 - 200 m (Ref. 356).  Tropical, preferred 28°C (Ref. 107945); 27°N - 6°S, 65°E - 121°E

Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific: from Pakistan to Taiwan and Indonesia.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 19.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 356); 21.2 cm TL (female)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum TL: 16.3 cm (male); 21.2 cm (female). Maximum carapace length: 3.1 cm (male); 3.3 cm (female) (Ref. 8). Vulnerability for synonym Fenneropenaeus penicillatus is 50. Juveniles inhabit mangrove inlets (Refs. 114627, 121464), intertidal mud flats and far inshore waters (Ref. 121464). In general, the majority of penaeids are omnivorous or detritus feeders (Ref. 105082).

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

SAUP Database 2006 SAUP Database. www.seaaroundus.org. (Ref. 356)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO - Aquaculture Systems: production searchFisheries: landings search; 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

Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 71543)		 Low vulnerability (11 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability
(Ref. 125649)		 Moderate to high vulnerability (48 of 100)
Price category
(Ref. 80766):		 Very high.
Nutrients
 Calcium = 109 [35, 184] mg/100g; Iron = 1.59 [1.21, 1.97] mg/100g; Protein = 20.2 [19.2, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.285 [0.185, 0.386] g/100g; Selenium = 48.3 [-31.7, 128.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.79 [1.17, 2.40] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.