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Asian tiger shrimp

Penaeus monodon

Classification

Family
Penaeidae

Penaeus monodon, commonly known as the giant tiger prawn, Asian tiger shrimp, black tiger shrimp, and other names, is a marine crustacean that is widely reared for food. Taxonomy Penaeus monodon was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798. That name was overlooked until 1949, when Lipke Holthuis clarified to which species it referred.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 10Brazil · 1