Macrobrachium equidens, Rough river prawn : fisheries

Macrobrachium equidens   (Dana, 1852)

Rough river prawn

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Palaemonidae

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

Benthic; freshwater; brackish; depth range 0 - 30 m (Ref. 104052).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific. Introduced in Nigeria.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 9.8 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 104052)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

It is marketed fresh or dried (Ref. 104052). Subtidal (Ref. 106854). Occurs in low parts of streams, river mouths, estuaries and brackish waters of high salinity, and is rarely found in pure freshwater but often in sea water to a depth of 30 meters. It reproduces in brackish and sea water (Ref. 104052). Also found in creeks/inlets of mangrove swamps (Ref. 121478).

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

del Mundo, C.M. 2000. (Ref. 10)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25.2 - 29.3, mean 28.7 (based on 1755 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

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