Characteristics:
Size:
This prawn grows normally up to 225 mm, and rarely to 300mm
Distribution:
This is an important Indo-West Pacific species ranging widely from South Africa into the Red Sea through the entire Malay Archipelago to Korea, Japan and Northern Australia, where it is found in the Northern Territory, the Gulf of Carpentaria and North Queensland. The species has migrated through the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean and is now caught off Southern Turkey. It is a marine shrimp, living on sandy mud and sand bottoms at depths up to 90 meters (about 300 feet).
