Acetes japonicus

Acetes japonicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Dendrobranchiata
Family: Sergestidae
Genus: Acetes
Species:
A. japonicus
Binomial name
Acetes japonicus
Synonyms[1]
  • Acetes cochinensis Rao, 1970
  • Acetes dispar Hansen, 1919
Global capture production of Akiami paste shrimp (Acetes japonicus) in thousand tonnes from 1950 to 2022, as reported by the FAO[2]

Acetes japonicus is a shrimp species from the family Sergestidae.[1] It occurs in the western Pacific Ocean and northern Indian Ocean, between Arabian Sea and the Yellow Sea.[3] It is the species of wild shrimp or prawn with the highest reported annual catch, 402 thousand tonnes in 2019, fished by China and South Korea.[4]

Bottle of Acetes japonicus sold in Japan

References

  1. ^ a b "Acetes japonicus Kishinouye, 1905". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Fisheries and Aquaculture - Global Production". Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  3. ^ Tirmizi, Nasima M.; Ghani, Naseem A. (1982). "New distributional records for three species of Acetes (Decapoda, Sergestidae)". Crustaceana. 42 (1): 44–53. doi:10.1163/156854082X00687. ISSN 0011-216X. JSTOR 20103691.
  4. ^ FAO (2021). FAO Yearbook. Fishery and Aquaculture Statistics 2019. Rome: FAO.
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