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Giant Freshwater Prawn

Crustaceans

Macrobrachium rosenbergii, also known as the giant river prawn or giant freshwater prawn, is a commercially important species of palaemonid freshwater prawn, native throughout the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific from India to Southeast Asia and northern Australia. It is considered a freshwater species, but its larval stage depends on brackish water; once an individual grows beyond the planktonic stage and becomes a juvenile, it lives entirely in fresh water.

Facts
Classification
System (Realm)
Freshwater 2
Relationship to People
Farmed or Commercially Raised 1
Relationship to People
Invasive or Introduced Species 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Derived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status (w-bfill-g5-0924 browse backfill).
Identification
Distinguishing Appearance
Grows to over 30 cm, with total lengths of 34 cm for males and 26 cm for females. 1
Scientific Name
Macrobrachium rosenbergii 1
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Decapoda, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Giant Freshwater Prawn
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  • Also in Geography Atlas: Argentina, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Australia, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Bangladesh, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Brazil, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: China, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Colombia, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Costa Rica, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Dominica, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Dominican Republic, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Egypt, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Federated States of Micronesia, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Fiji, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: France, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Gabon, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Guyana, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Honduras, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: India, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Indonesia, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Iran, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Israel, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Malaysia, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Mexico, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: South Asia, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Taiwan, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Thailand, found in there.
Sources
1. Macrobrachium rosenbergii (Wikipedia)
  • Lead paragraph
    Macrobrachium rosenbergii, also known as the giant river prawn or giant freshwater prawn, is a commercially important species of palaemonid freshwater prawn.
  • Taxobox, conservation status
    Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
  • Description section
    M. rosenbergii can grow to a length over 30 cm (12 in), with total lengths of 34 cm (13 in) for males and 26 cm (10 in) for females.
  • widely cultivated in several countries for food
  • introduced to parts of Africa, China, Japan, New Zealand, the Americas, and the Caribbean
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2. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
Wikidata: Giant Freshwater Prawn
  • Wikidata Q2700085, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Child Taxon Of: Decapoda, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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