FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes Western

968 Shrimps and Prawns
Macrobrachium mirabile (Kemp, 1917)
En - Shortleg river prawn; Fr - Bouqet tipattes; Sp - Camarón patojo.
Maximum total length 6 cm (females) and 4 cm (males). Inhabits fresh and brackish water. Similarly
to the other small species of the genus, its fishery in the area is unclear, probably caught incidentally
with other fresh-water shrimps and used as food whenever available. Indo-West Pacific, and
recorded from eastern India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, and Borneo.
rostral
crest
2
antennal spine
1
hepatic spine
(after Kemp, 1917)
Nematopalaemon tenuipes (Henderson, 1893)
3
4
5
En - Spider prawn; Fr - Bouqet araignée; Sp - Camarón araña.
Maximum total length 8 cm. Inhabits shallow coastal waters to depths of about 20 m, and also found
in estuarine and brackish waters. Abundance of this species in the area is unclear, but it has been
reported to be used as food in the Philippines. Marketed dried or salted for local consumption. Widely
distributed in the Indo-West Pacific from eastern Africa to Taiwan Province of China and the
Philippines, probably also from New Zealand.
3
2
1
4
5