Common and Commercial Names:
Arabic: Rubian
Japan: Kumaebi
Iran: Maygo Movzi.
 
Size: Green tigers grow to about 228 mm (nearly 9 inches).
 
Distribution: The species is caught in trawls on sandy or muddy bottoms in depths down 130 to meters The juveniles are estuarine and the adults marine. It is found in many and widespread areas of the indo-West Pacific, from East and Southeast Africa into the Red Sea, Persian Gulf, around the Indian subcontinent, through the Malay archipelago to Japan and Northern Australia. In recent years it has extended its range from the Red Sea through the Suez Canal into the eastern Mediterranean, where it is now fairly common.

Comments: This is a very important commercial species, often known as flower shrimp when sold Asian origins. It is fished in the Red Sea and the eastern Mediterranean as well as along the east coast of Africa. It is particularly important in Pakistan, Iran (mainly in Bushehr province), which exports in frozen
It is commercially important also in Thailand, the Philippines and Taiwan. It is fished all year in Northern Australia, where it is not distinguished from P. esculentus, the brown tiger in catches or in marketing. In Taiwan and in Thailand the green tiger is used successfully in aquaculture.
This is a strongly marked shrimp, with noticeable transverse bands that fade after capture. It looks very similar to P. tnono don the giant tiger prawn. The meat is firm and fairly mild.