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Roshma prawn

Palaemon styliferus H. Milne-Edwards, 1840

Status not recordedcrustaceans

The roshma prawn (Palaemon styliferus) is a species in the family Palaemonidae, order Decapoda.

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Quick facts about the roshma 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 roshma prawn live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the roshma prawn as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Mexico

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 roshma 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 roshma prawn classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderDecapoda
  5. familyPalaemonidae
  6. genusPalaemon
  7. SpeciesPalaemon styliferus H. Milne-Edwards, 1840

Synonyms Exopalaemon styliferus, Leander styliferus, Palemon styliferus

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Roshna prawnEnglish
  • Camarón rosnaSpanish
  • Bouquet rosnaFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the roshma prawn

Other species in the same genus Palaemon.

Baltic prawn

Palaemon adspersus

PalaemonidaeNo free photo yet

Grass prawm

Palaemon elegans

PalaemonidaeNo free photo yet

Lake prawn

Palaemon paucidens

PalaemonidaeNo free photo yet

CompareRoshma prawn vs Common prawnRoshma prawn vs Baltic prawnRoshma prawn vs Grass prawmRoshma prawn vs Mangrove prawn

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the roshma prawn an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the roshma prawn as introduced in 1 country: Mexico, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the roshma prawn?

The roshma prawn (Palaemon styliferus) 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). Roshma prawn (Palaemon styliferus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/roshma-prawn

MLA

“Roshma prawn (Palaemon styliferus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/roshma-prawn.

BibTeX
@misc{roshma_prawn_2026,
  title = {Roshma prawn (Palaemon styliferus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/roshma-prawn},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}