Penaeid prawns of Andhra Pradesh Coast of India

Present study reveals that a total of 42 species under 12 genera of family Penaeidae Rafinesque ¿ Schmaltz, 1815 have been recorded from Andhra Pradesh coast. Majority of the previous works on the group for the study area were scattered and fragmentary once. Therefore, present work is an attempt to prepare a comprehensive study of Penaeid prawns of Andhra Pradesh coastal region. All the genera of the family Penaeidae were represented with diagram of a representative species as lateral view of a whole specimen, ventral view of female thelycum and male petasma for easy diagnosis and recognition. Fishery potentiality of the commercially important species is the added character of the present study.