Biology:Acetes japonicus
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Short description: Asian prawn species
| Acetes japonicus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
| Family: | Sergestidae |
| Genus: | Acetes |
| Species: | A. japonicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Acetes japonicus Kishinouye, 1905
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Acetes japonicus is a prawn species from the family Sergestidae.[1] It occurs in the western Pacific Ocean and northern Indian Ocean, between Arabian Sea and the Yellow Sea.[3] It is the species of wild shrimp or prawn with the highest reported annual catch, 402 thousand tonnes in 2019, fished by China and South Korea.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Acetes japonicus Kishinouye, 1905". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2022. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210646.
- ↑ "Fisheries and Aquaculture - Global Production". https://www.fao.org/fishery/en/collection/global_production?lang=en.
- ↑ Tirmizi, Nasima M.; Ghani, Naseem A. (1982). "New distributional records for three species of Acetes (Decapoda, Sergestidae)". Crustaceana 42 (1): 44–53. doi:10.1163/156854082X00687. ISSN 0011-216X. https://www.jstor.org/stable/20103691.
- ↑ FAO (2021). FAO Yearbook. Fishery and Aquaculture Statistics 2019. Rome: FAO. https://www.fao.org/fishery/en/publications/287024.
Wikidata ☰ Q4478218 entry
