Acetes japonicus
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Acetes japonicus is a shrimp species from the family Sergestidae.[1] It occurs in the western Pacific Ocean and northern Indian Ocean, between Arabian Sea and the Yellow Sea.[2] 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.[3]
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Acetes japonicus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
Family: | Sergestidae |
Genus: | Acetes |
Species: | A. japonicus |
Binomial name | |
Acetes japonicus Kishinouye, 1905 | |
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