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Inshore shrimps - Family, Genera and species of commercial importance in India

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Title Inshore shrimps - Family, Genera
and species of commercial
importance in India
 
Creator Pillai, S Lakshmi
 
Subject Crustacean Fisheries
Taxonomy
 
Description Crustaceans are important component of the marine
ecosystem being food for several predatory fishes and are
also valuable fishery resource in countries where they are
fished on a commercial scale. Shrimps especially of the
superfamily Penaeoidea (family Penaeidae) and Sergestoidea
(family Sergestidae) are commercially exploited by different
gears along the Indian coast from inshore waters. They
contribute substantially to the crustacean landings of the
country and the larger varieties - Fenneropenaeus indicus, F.
merguiensis, F. pencillatus, Penaeus monodon and Penaeus
semisulcatus are foreign exchange earners as they have good
demand in the international market. Similarly Acetes spp.
forms good fishery in the northwest and northeast coast of
the country. They belong to the family Sergestidae and are
small in size and usually dried or made into paste and used for
local consumption and poultry/aquaculture feed preparation.
Classification of organisms in an area is essential to estimate
the quantum of biodiversity and make decisions on their
management and conservation. Perez Farfante and Kensley
(1997) have listed total of 401 species of shrimps of which
120 species have been recorded from Indian waters (inshore
and deepsea together).
 
Publisher CMFRI; Kochi
 
Date 2015
 
Type Teaching Resource
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/10415/1/10_Lakshmi_Pillai1.pdf
Pillai, S Lakshmi (2015) Inshore shrimps - Family, Genera and species of commercial importance in India. [Teaching Resource]