Macrobrachium
rosenbergii,
also known as the giant
river prawn or
giant
freshwater prawn,
is a commercially important species
of
palaemonid
freshwater
prawn.
It is found throughout the tropical and subtropical areas of the
Indo-Pacific
region,
from India
to
Southeast
Asia and
Northern
Australia.
The
giant river prawn has also been introduced to parts of Africa,
China,
Japan,
New
Zealand,
the Americas
and
the Caribbean.
It
is one of the biggest freshwater prawns in the world and is widely
cultivated
in
several countries for food.
While
M.
rosenbergii is
considered a freshwater species, the larval
stage
of the animal depends on brackish
water.
Once
the individual shrimp has grown beyond the planktonic
stage
and becomes a juvenile, it will live entirely in freshwater.
It
is also known as the Malaysian
prawn,
freshwater scampi
(India),
or cherabin
(Australia).
Locally, it is known as bara
chingri in
Bangladesh,
udang galah in
Indonesia
and
Malaysia,
uwang or
ulang in
the Philippines,
and koong yai in
Thailand
M.
rosenbergii
can
grow to a length over 30cm (12 in).
They
are predominantly brownish in color but can vary. Smaller individuals
may be greenish in color and display faint vertical stripes. The
rostrum
is
very prominent and contains 11 to 14 dorsal teeth and 8 to 11 ventral
teeth. The first pair of walking legs (pereiopods)
are elongated and very thin, ending in delicate claws (chelipeds)
which are used as feeding appendages.
The second pair of walking legs
are much larger and powerful, especially in males. The movable claws
of the second pair of walking legs are distinctively covered in dense
bristles (setae) that give it a velvety appearance. The color of the
claws in males vary according to their social dominance.
Females
can be distinguished from males by their wider abdomens and smaller
second pereiopods. The genital openings are found on the body
segments containing the fifth pereiopods and the third pereiopods in
males and females, respectively.
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