| occurence | native | ||
| importance | highly commercial | Ref. | Jones, S., 1967 |
| aquaculture | never/rarely | Ref. | |
| regulations | no regulations | Ref. | |
| freshwater | No | ||
| brackish | No | ||
| saltwater | Yes | ||
| live export | |||
| bait | No | ||
| game/sport | No | ||
| abundance | Ref. | ||
| comments | Known to be the most important penaeid species in India (Ref. 180) especially in inshore fishery (Ref. 104). Next to Metapenaeus dobsoni, it is the second most important species in the rice field farming of the Kerala coast of southwest India. C: Refs. 8, 116140, 121483. | ||
| C = country distribution; M = map distribution; O = occurrence data; R = regional distribution | |||
| States/Provinces | Gujarat (native), Karnataka (native), Tamil Nadu (native) | ||
| States/Provinces Complete? | Yes | ||
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| country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html | ||