Indian prawn

Indian prawn (Fenneropenaeus indicus) is a marine shrimp native to the Indo-West Pacific. It is commercially important in wild fisheries and aquaculture.

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Fenneropenaeus: A genus of penaeid shrimp that includes several commercially important species. Indian prawn is classified in this genus, formerly placed in Penaeus.
Prawn aquaculture: The controlled breeding and rearing of prawns for food or other products. Indian prawn is cultured in coastal ponds and other aquaculture systems.
Giant tiger prawn: A large penaeid shrimp, Penaeus monodon, native to the Indo-Pacific and widely farmed. It is a larger, more extensively farmed penaeid often compared with Indian prawn.
Fenneropenaeus indicus: The accepted scientific name for the Indian prawn, a penaeid shrimp native to the Indo-West Pacific. This binomial identifies the species covered by the common name.
Penaeidae: A family of decapod crustaceans that includes many marine shrimp important to fisheries and aquaculture. This family contains Indian prawn and other major farmed shrimp.
Shrimp farming: The commercial rearing of shrimp in ponds, tanks, or other managed environments. Its farming contributes to regional shrimp production alongside other penaeid species.
Whiteleg shrimp: A Pacific penaeid shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, that dominates global shrimp aquaculture. Its global farming scale contrasts with Indian prawn’s more regional production.
Penaeus indicus: A former scientific combination for the species now generally called Fenneropenaeus indicus. Older fisheries and aquaculture literature commonly uses this name.
Decapoda: An order of crustaceans characterized by five pairs of walking legs. Indian prawn belongs to this large crustacean order.
Brackish water aquaculture: Aquaculture conducted in water whose salinity lies between freshwater and seawater. Coastal brackish ponds can provide suitable conditions for its culture.