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Name : Metapenaeus dobsoni

Common Name : Sungta
Class : Malacostraca
Order : Decapoda
Family : Penaeidae
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Description

Rostrum long, extending beyond antennular peduncle, slightly sinuous, armed with 7 to 9 dorsal teeth, but toothless on its distal half; postrostral ridge ending near posterior margin of carapace; adrostral crest reaching as far as epigastric tooth, adrostral groove a little beyond; branchiocardiac groove almost reaching to middle of carapace; telson armed only with spinules; no ischial spine on first pereopod. In adult males, basial spine of third pereopod extremely long and barbed, and merus of fifth pereopod with 1 or 2 large, triangular teeth; each distomedian projection of petasma with a short filament on ventral surface and another on dorsal surface; distolateral projections directed forward.


Size

Maximum length: 9.4 cm (TL); common length: 5-7 cm (TL)


Diet

Feeds on algae, benthic detritus and small crustaceans.


Utilization

Marketed fresh and canned.


Gears

Trawl, gill net, cast net, drag net