Acetes japonicus
Asian prawn species
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Acetes japonicus is a prawn species from the family Sergestidae.[1] It occurs in the western Pacific Ocean and northern Indian Ocean, between Arabian Sea and the Yellow Sea.[3] 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.[4]
| Acetes japonicus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
| Family: | Sergestidae |
| Genus: | Acetes |
| Species: | A. japonicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Acetes japonicus Kishinouye, 1905 | |
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