Scientific Name : Thachypenaeus Curvirostris (Family:
Penaeidae)
English: Southern rough shrimp
French: Crevette gambri archée
Spanish: Camarón fijador arquero
Commercial Names:
Japan: Saru ebi
Size: This is a small shrimp, growing to a maximum size
of 100 mm
Distribution: This is a wide-ranging species found
originally from the island of Madagascar and East Africa
to the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, around the whole of
Asia to China, Japan and the northern half of Australia.
It has ecently migrated through the Suez Canal and is
now found also in the eastern Mediterranean, where it
has been reported from Turkey, and Egypt. It is a marine
shrimp, preferring muddy sand bottoms and water between
13 and 150 meters (42 to 500 feet).
Comments: This small, pale pink shrimp is wide
ranging and locally abundant. It is usually caught with
other species and is not distinguished in records (by
catch product), It is fished in small quantities in
Madagascar, in the Red Sea, Arabian Sea and Japan. It is
one of the many species used for peeling. In Japan it is
used for both human consumption and for bait. |
