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Scientific Name: Tenuipedium palaemonoides (Holthuis, 1950)

Synonym: Macrobrachium palaemonoides (Holthuis, 1950) (Currently unaccepted)

English Name: Gold Spotted Shrimp
Prawn : Tenuipedium palaemonoides

Photo: fishkeeper

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Palaemonidae
Description:
The rostrum is elongated and curves upward, measuring 4.2 times shorter than the total length. The upper margin of the rostrum has 7 teeth, while the lower margin has 6 teeth, with 2 to 3 teeth of the upper margin located behind the orbit. The body color is a deep blackish hue. The second pair of limbs is significantly larger and thicker than the first pair, with the carpus being longer than the chela and 1.5 times longer than the merus. The chela is slightly longer than the merus.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Found in oceans, estuaries and rivers. But can be found mainly in fresh water habitats as they are mostly freshwater species.
Environment:
Freshwater
Main References:

Ray M, Hoshan I, Parvez I, Roy KC, (2020) A Checklist of Freshwater Prawn Species of the Palaemonidae Family in the Northwest Part of Bangladesh

Other References:

Hasan K, Sabiha S, Islam MN, Mehrin KM, Reza ASA, (2021) CHECKLIST ON FRESHWATER PRAWNS UNDER GENUS MACROBRACHIUM BATE, 1868 (DECAPODA: PALAEMONIDE) IN KURIGRAM DISTRICT OF BANGLADESH

Hossain M (2013) Biodiversity of Shrimp and Prawn in the River and Estuary of Bangladesh. National Fish Week Compendium Bangladesh. 38-42

fishkeeper (2024) Tenuipedium palaemonoides https://www.fishkeeper.co.uk/ Accessed 8 March, 2024

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