Type study

Macrobrachium rosenbergii = Palaemon (Prawn)

Macrobrachium rosenbergii = Palaemon (Prawn)
 Systematic position
Macrobrachium rosenbergii = Palaemon (Prawn)

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Palaemonidae
Genus: Macrobrachium
Species: M. rosenbergii (De Man, 1879)
 Habit & Habitat

• Generally associated with freshwater streams, rivers, lakes and ponds

• Often found in dense aquatic vegetation, shaded spots
• Lies hidden at the bottom during the day and comes to the surface
during night in search of food
• Large temperature ranges from nearly 1° to upwards of 30°C
• Omnivorous i.e algae, mosses, decaying leaves, other weeds, small
insects and debris
• Walks slowly and can swim (pleopods-abdominal appendages)
• Breeds in May-July
The external features of M. rosenbergii
 The external features of M. rosenbergii

 Body elongated, spindle-shaped and bilaterally symmetrical

 Adult consisting of 19 appendages in 2 distinct regions –
Cephalothorax & Abdomen
 Adult males body length up to 33 cm, and females up to 29 cm
 Long rostrum with 11-14 dorsal teeth and 8-10 ventral teeth
Biology of F/W Prawn
 Available species of Macrobrachium in Bangladesh

F=Freshwater B=Brackishwater M=Marine

 Life history & Development
 Breeds during May-July
 About 10-50 thousand eggs laid up to five times per year
 Male deposits sperms near the genital opening of female
 After fertilization eggs comes out and fastened to the
pleopods by stick secretion
 After 18-23 days eggs were hatch
 Adult form is reached after a series of moults
 Usually live for 3-5 years
Prawn Culture
Salinity
pH
DO, Ammonia & Total Alkalinity
Culture Strategies
Feeding & Nutrition
Health Management & Disease
 Economic & Biotechnological importance

 Domestic consume
 Earn foreign currency by export
 Peoples are engaged and improving economic conditions
 Employment aspects
 Other aspects of shrimp fisheries: development of shrimp fishing;
structure of the shrimp fisheries; target species
 Total about 6 million tonnes per year (captured & farmed) and about
3.4 million tonnes per year (catch), Asia as the most noteworthy area
for shrimp fishing
 16% of the global seafood trade