Species
· The
selection of species depends on several factors that are the availability of
suitable sites, the biological characteristics of the indigenous, and exotic
species.
· There
are several species of shrimp and prawn, only a few of the larger ones are
farmed, all belongs to family of penaeids (family Penaeidae) and within it to
the genus Penaeus. These important one are:
1. Pacific
white shrimp (Penaeus vannamei)
2. Giant
tiger prawn (P. monodon)
3. Indian
white shrimp (P. indicus)
4. Kuruma
shrimp (P. japonicus)
5. Giant Freshwater Prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii)