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Name : Macrobrachium malcolmsonii

Class : Malacostraca

Order : Decapoda

Family : Palaemonidae

Description :

Smaller than M. rosenbergii. About 5 ventral teeth on rostrum. Second pair of legs on the male are long and slender. Both fingers covered in fuzzy hair.

Size

Maximum length: 12.0 cm (TL), common length: 5-8 cm (TL)

Diet

It feeds on decomposing plants and animals, small worms, insects and their larvae. They are also cannibalistic in nature and may consume freshly molted co- species. 

Utilization

Marketed fresh and dried form

Gears

Cast net and dragnet