Penaeus Indicus

Family name: Penaeidae

English name: Indian white prawn

Characteristics:
Size:
Grows to 228 mm (nearly 9 inches).
Distribution:
This important species is found in the Indo-West Pacific from East and Southeast Africa, through Malaysia and Indonesia to South China and Northern Australia. It is a marine shrimp (with estuarine juveniles) which likes mud or sandy mud at depths of 2 to 90 meters (6 to 300 feet).