| Acetes japonicus | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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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Acetes japonicus is a shrimp species from the family Sergestidae. [1] It occurs in the western Pacific Ocean and northern Indian Ocean, between Arabian Sea and the Yellow Sea. [2] 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. [3]
References
- ^ a b "Acetes japonicus Kishinouye, 1905". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ^ Tirmizi, Nasima M.; Ghani, Naseem A. (1982). "New distributional records for three species of Acetes (Decapoda, Sergestidae)". Crustaceana. 42 (1): 44–53. ISSN 0011-216X.
- ^ FAO (2021). FAO Yearbook. Fishery and Aquaculture Statistics 2019. Rome: FAO.
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