Sungta

Name : Metapenaeus affinis

Class : Malacostraca

Order : Decapoda

Family : Penaeidae

Description :

Rostrum armed with 8 to 11 teeth along entire dorsal margin, slightly sinuous and reaching from proximal to distal margin of third antennular article, or exceeding it; postrostral ridge ending near posterior margin of carapace; adrostral crest ending behind second rostral tooth, and adrostral groove a little behind epigastric tooth; branchiocardiac ridge slightly sinuous and reaching posterior extension of hepatic spine; telson armed only with spinules; ischial spine on first pereopod present or absent.

Size

Maximum length: 16.5 cm (TL); common length: 10-14 cm (TL) 

Diet

Feeds on algae, benthic detritus and small crustaceans.

Utilization

Marketed mostly fresh and frozen; also canned, peeled and cooked, sundried or as paste or shrimp meal

Gears

Trawl, gill net, cast net, drag net