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White prawn

Penaeus indicus H. Milne Edwards, 1837

Status not recordedcrustaceans

The white prawn (Penaeus indicus) is a species in the family Penaeidae, order Decapoda.

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Quick facts about the white 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 white prawn live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the white prawn as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Kenya
  2. Tanzania

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 white 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 white prawn classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderDecapoda
  5. familyPenaeidae
  6. genusPenaeus
  7. SpeciesPenaeus indicus H. Milne Edwards, 1837

Synonyms Fenneropenaeus indicus, Palaemon longicornis, Penaeus indicus, Penaeus indicus longirostris, Peneus indicus, Peuaeus indicus

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • Indian prawnEnglish
  • Indian white prawnEnglish
  • Indian white shrimpEnglish
  • Weiße GarneleGerman
  • インドエビJapanese
  • Indische HauptmannsgarneleGerman
  • Indische WeißgarneleGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the white prawn

Other species in the same genus Penaeus.

Zebra prawn

Penaeus semisulcatus

PenaeidaeNo free photo yet

Blue shrimp

Penaeus stylirostris

PenaeidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the white prawn an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the white prawn as introduced in 2 countries: Kenya and Tanzania, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the white prawn?

The white prawn (Penaeus indicus) belongs to the family Penaeidae 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). White prawn (Penaeus indicus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-prawn

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BibTeX
@misc{white_prawn_2026,
  title = {White prawn (Penaeus indicus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-prawn},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}