Metapenaeus ensis

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Category of Organisms	Marine Arthropods
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum/Division	Arthropoda
Class	Malacostraca
Order	Decapoda
Family	Penaeidae
Genus	Metapenaeus
Species	ensis
Binomial Name	Metapenaeus ensis
Author	De Hann, 1844
Common Name	Pink prawn, Gei Wai Shrimp, Sand pawn
Local Name
Size Range	Maximum length ~ 160 mm, commonly 70-140 mm
Environment/Habitat	Found at 8-64 m depth of sandy and muddy bottom, may penetrate to deeper waters up to 100m.
Importance/Value	Economically important, one of the high-priced sea-food in Hong Kong. Extensive aquaculture in Taiwan, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Hong Kong. It is commonly cultivated in north-west of Hong Kong by gei wai operations
Resilience
Endemic	No
Found in Marine Park	No
Found in Malaysia	Yes
Distribution
Morphology/Character	Rostrum narrow, slightly curved upwards and without teeth on ventral side; dorsal border with 4-8 teeth. Carapace with orbital, antennal and hepatic spines. Branchio-cardiac groove long and nearly reaching hepatic groove. First pereiopod have small spines. Dorsal carina present on first to six abdominal somites. Telson with broad and deep median groove, armed with row of minute laterally movable spines
Biology
Miscellaneaous
Status in IUCN Red List	Near Threathened (NT)
Status in CITES Species Database	Unknown
Researcher(s)
Reference(s)
Other Link(s)	http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_species_details.php?record_id=3804458 http://personal.cityu.edu.hk/~bhworm/Marine%20seafood/seafood/Species/sp9i.htm
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