FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes Western

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Penaeidae 941
Metapenaeus tenuipes Kubo, 1949
En - Stork shrimp; Fr - Crevette cigogne; Sp - Camarón cigueña.
Maximum body length 9.5 cm (females) and 7.5 cm (males). Occurs from the coastline and brackish
waters to a depth of 30 m. Caught by trawls, set nets, traps, seines, and artisanal gear. Commonly
found in the western part of the area, but nowhere very abundant and mainly forms a bycatch in
prawn fisheries. Marketed fresh or frozen, mainly consumed locally. Western Pacific from Thailand
to Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia.
merus of fifth leg (male)
Parapenaeopsis arafurica Racek and Dall, 1965
anterior
plate
lateral plates
thelycum
distolateral
projection
distomedian
projection
ventral view
petasma
distal part
in lateral
view
En - Arafura shrimp; Fr - Crevette arafura; Sp - Camarón arafura.
Maximum body length 14 cm (females) and 8 cm (males). Found over soft mud bottoms at depths
from 5 to 30 m. Caught mainly as bycatch in trawls. Apparently not very common and of no
commercial importance. Restricted to the area between New Guinea and northern Australia.
female
(after Racek and Dall, 1965)
male