Species Diversity of Prawns and Shrimps in Sittwe Coastal Water, Rakhine State, Western Myanmar
Keywords:
Economic importance, Morphological characteristics, Prawns, Rakhine State, Shrimps, Sittwe coastal waterAbstract
A total of 16 prawns and shrimps belonging to 3 families and one order collected from Sittwe coastal water, Sittwe Township, Rakhine State, Myanmar were studied. All collected specimens were taken out of the fish landing sites of Sittwe Township. The freshwater prawn: Macrobrachium rosenbergii, Macrobrachium equidens, Macrobrachium malcolmsonii, Macrobrachium lanchesteri, Macrobrachium neglectum, and the marine shrimp species: Penaeus monodon, Penaeus merguiensis, Penaeus indicus, Penaeus penicellatus, Penaeus semisulcatus, Metapenaeus dobsoni, Metapenaeus affinis, Metapenaeus eboracensis, Parapenaeopsis sculptilis, Penaeopsis jerryi and Acetes indicus were identified. The genus Macrobrachium and Penaeus were the most composition in Sittwe and other Rakhine coastal areas. The species Acetes indicus is the most popular shrimp in Myanmar as making for Ngapi (Myanmar fish paste).The taxonomy, morphological characteristics, and economic importance of each species were studied.
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