Prawns of the Indo-Pacific

Penaeus monodon, giant tiger prawn.

P. japonicus, Japanese (king) prawn or kuruma prawn.

P. indicus, Indian (banana) prawn or white prawn.

P. merguiensis, banana prawn or white prawn.

Metapenaeus ensis, greasy-back prawn or school prawn.

M. affinis, sometimes called the jinga shrimp because of its name jinga in NW India; of major importance in Pakistan, the west coast of India, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia.

M. monoceros, the speckled prawn/shrimp and ginger prawn in SE Africa, commercially important from the E. Mediterranean to the Indo-West Pacific, including E. and much of SE Africa.