Indian subcontinent has a long coastline of 4500 km includes nine maritime states along with vast continental shelf and two peninsular zone namely Andaman & Nicober and Lacca & Minicoy, rich in fishery wealth. Present study reveals that a total of 25 species under 9 genera of family Penaeidae Rafinesque - Schmaltz, 1815 have been recorded from Odisha coast, east coast of India. Distributional range of the species found in Odisha coast shows that majority of the species are pan tropical in distribution. Penaeid taxonomy of Odisha region is very scattered, infect there is no comprehensive work...

Indian subcontinent has a long coastline of 6900 km includes nine maritime states along with vast continental shelf and two peninsular zone namely Andaman & Nicober and Lacca & Minicoy, rich in fishery wealth. The author is actively engaged in prawn taxonomy and fishery of Indian coastal region more than two decades. This book is the product of deep and active interest in prawn taxonomy. Present study reveals that the total of 22 species under 10 genera of superfamily Penaeoidae Rafinesque - Schmaltz, 1815 have been recorded from Digha coast, West Bengal, east coast of India. Distributional...