Penaeus latisulcatus, Western king prawn : fisheries
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Penaeus latisulcatus   Kishinouye, 1896

Western king prawn
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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; depth range 0 - 80 m (Ref. 8).  Tropical, preferred 25°C (Ref. 107945); 36°N - 36°S, 32°E - 178°W

Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific: from Gulf of Suez, Egypt and Kuwait, and Mozambique, north to Tokyo Bay, Japan, south to Gulf of St. Vincent, Australia, east to New Caledonia and Fiji. Introduced on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 119750); 22 cm TL (female); max. published weight: 60.00 g (Ref. 116487)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Intertidal (Ref. 374) to subtidal (Ref. 106854'>106854). Juveniles are found on seagrass beds and mangroves higher in the shoreline (Ref. 106908'>106908). Inhabits open sea areas with sandy or muddy and sandy bottom (Ref. 374). Nocturnal (Refs. 10, 85270). Burrows on sand at daytime (Ref. 801).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Life cycle: pelagic larvae (four larval stages: nauplii, zoea, mysis and post-larvae) to inshore juvenile to offshore adult (Ref. 107331). Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer (Ref. 833). The male transfers its spermatophore to the female's thelycum (Ref. 107331).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Holthuis, L.B. 1980 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 1. Shrimps and prawns of the world. An annotated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(1):271 p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 8)

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
FAO - Fisheries: landings search; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO - Fisheries: 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

Resilience
(Ref. 69278):		 High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.36-1.9)
Rate of population increase
 Prior r = 1.12, 95% CL = 0.74 - 1.69, Based on 4 data-limited stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 71543)		 Low vulnerability (11 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability
(Ref. 125649)		 Low to moderate vulnerability (34 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.