Description
Rostrum slightly sigmoidal or straight, tip uptilted, sometimes toothless on distal 1/4, reaching from middle of second to distal margin of third antennular article and armed with 7 or 8 (rarely 9) dorsal teeth. epigastric tooth present; postrostral crest ending near posterior margin of carapace. Telson armed with 2 to 4 pairs of distolateral spinules, pale brown or faintly pinkish with brown-grey specks and dorsal transverse brawn bands on abdomen. Pereopods whitish, pleopods brownish, both speckled; uropods dark grey distally
Size
Maximum length: 8.1 cm (TL), common length: 4-6 cm (TL)
Diet
Feeds on benthic detritus, worms and small crustaceans
Utilization
Marketed locally and exported as fresh, frozen and as value added products
Gears
Trawl, gillnet, cast net, drag net