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Oriental river prawn

Macrobrachium nipponense (De Haan, 1849)

Status not recordedcrustaceans

The oriental river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense) is a species in the family Palaemonidae, order Decapoda.

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Quick facts about the oriental river prawn

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the oriental river prawn live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the oriental river prawn as introduced in 9 countries.

  1. Belarus
  2. Iran
  3. Iraq
  4. Kazakhstan
  5. Moldova
  6. Russia
  7. Singapore
  8. Ukraine
  9. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the oriental river prawn endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the oriental river prawn classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderDecapoda
  5. familyPalaemonidae
  6. genusMacrobrachium
  7. SpeciesMacrobrachium nipponense (De Haan, 1849)

Synonyms Bithynis nipponensis, Macrobrachium meishanense, Macrobrachium obtusifrons, Palaemon asper, Palaemon nipponensis, Palaemon sinensis, Palaemon superbus

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • جمبري النهر الشرقيArabic
  • Camarón nipónSpanish
  • Bouquet nipponFrench
  • テナガエビJapanese
  • 징거미새우Korean
  • Речная японская креветкаRussian
  • Річкова креветка японськаUkrainian
  • 日本沼虾Chinese
  • 日本沼蝦Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the oriental river prawn

Other species in the same genus Macrobrachium.

Blue lobster

Macrobrachium rosenbergii

PalaemonidaeNo free photo yet

Ohio shrimp

Macrobrachium ohione

PalaemonidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the oriental river prawn an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the oriental river prawn as introduced in 9 countries, including Belarus, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan and Moldova, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the oriental river prawn?

The oriental river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense) belongs to the family Palaemonidae in the order Decapoda.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Oriental river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/oriental-river-prawn

MLA

“Oriental river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/oriental-river-prawn.

BibTeX
@misc{oriental_river_prawn_2026,
  title = {Oriental river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/oriental-river-prawn},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}