Jinga shrimp

Order Decapoda

Family Penaeidae

Marine crustacean consisting of a cephalothorax, abdomen and tail. Rostrum armed with 8 to 11 teeth along entire dorsal margin, slightly sinuous. Colour: body pale greenish to pale pinkish, sometimes green-bluish or pink-brownish, with green or red-brown specks; middorsal abdominal crest brown or brownish-red; antennae red; pereopods white or of same colour as body; pleopods reddish to whitish; distal half of uropods translucent green or rust coloured, tips usually whitish to yellowish. Maximum total length 222 mm.

Characteristics

FAO code
MTJ

Specie
Metapenaeus affinis

Type
Crustaceans

FAO Fishing Areas