Species: Penaeus Monodon (Family: penaeidae)
English: Giant tiger prawn
French: Crevette géante tigrée
Spanish: Camarón tigre gigante
Commercial Names: Jumbo tiger prawn
Germany: Bärenschiffskielgarnele
India: Jinga (Bombay region); Kara chemmeen (Kerala);
Yera (Madras); Bagda chingri (Calcutta)
Japan: Ushi-ebi
Pakistan: kalri (word also used for other species)
Iran: Tiger prawn, Monodon
Thailand: Kung kula-dum
Size: This is the largest commercially available shrimp,
reaching 330 mm or more (13 inches).
Distribution: This major Indo-West Pacific species is
distributed over a huge range from East and Southeast
Africa, through the Red Sea and Arabian Gulf, around the
Indian subcontinent, and throughout the Malay
Archipelago to Northern Australia and Japan. It is a
marine shrimp, which likes mud or sand bottoms at all,
depths from shallows to 110 meters (360 feet), so is
caught in offshore and inshore fisheries as well as from
tidal ponds. The species is also one of the major
aquaculture shrimp species in Asia.
Comments: Monodon is traditionally important in the
fisheries of most of the Asian countries where it is
found, especially in India, Bangladesh and Malaysia. It
is also of important for Australian fisherman.
Japanese consumers are appreciating on the consumption
of this species because of the bigger size comparatively
by price.
Monodom turns bright red when cooked and the shell
retains its color for several days when refrigerated
after cooking. The flower is good texture is little
soft.
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