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🧬 Biological Classification (Kingdom to Species)Penaeus chinensis

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Penaeidae

Genus

Penaeus

Species

Penaeus chinensis

Malacostraca🍂 Omnivore

Fleshy prawn

Penaeus chinensis (Fleshy prawn · コウライエビ)

🛡️ Conservation Status (IUCN Red List)NE (Not Evaluated)

Not Evaluated (NE) on the IUCN Red List yet.

Geological Era

Extant

Diet

Omnivore

Length · Height

22.3cm · No data

Mass · Top Speed

No data · No data

Habitat & Fossil Locality

Bottoms of estuaries and bays (depths of 10–180 m), around the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea

💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed

💡 A female body length of 22.3 cm is slightly longer than the short side of an A4 sheet of paper (21 cm) (Comparison).
💡 To protect fishery resources, catching the fleshy prawn is prohibited every year from May 1 to June 30.

Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.

#대하#Penaeus chinensis

📖 1. Overview

The fleshy prawn is a large shrimp living on sea bottoms and in estuaries of the Northwest Pacific from southern China to Bohai Bay and Yeosu, Korea.

🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology

Females are larger than males, with females known to reach 22.3 cm in body length and males up to 20.0 cm.

🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior

It is classified as feeding on organic detritus near the bottom and prefers water temperatures around 20 °C. Most decapods have separate sexes, and courtship behavior using scent and touch before mating is common.

🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea

In Korea, it is distributed from the Yellow Sea to the southern coast around Yeosu. In the table of closed fishing seasons under Korea's Fishery Resources Management Act, harvesting is prohibited from May 1 to June 30 (listed under the scientific name Penaeus orientalis).