Chinese white shrimp

The Chinese white shrimp, oriental shrimp, or fleshy prawn (Fenneropenaeus chinensis) is a species of shrimp. It is cultivated at an industrial level off mainland China. Production was devastated by a series of epidemics in the 1990s and early 2000s.[2] Its wild capture has since recovered and expanded, but it is now farmed at lower levels than previously.[1]

Chinese white shrimp
Fleshy prawns being sold at Noryangjin Fish Market, South Korea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Suborder:
Dendrobranchiata
Family:
Penaeidae
Genus:
Fenneropenaeus
Species:
F. chinensis
Binomial name
Fenneropenaeus chinensis
(Osbeck, 1765)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cancer chinensis Osbeck, 1765
  • Penaeus chinensis (Osbeck, 1765)
  • Penaeus orientalis Kishinouye, 1917

It was formerly known as Cancer chinensis, Penaeus chinensis and Penaeus orientalis,[1] but has been reassigned to Fenneropenaeus.

Conservation Status

In response to the decimation of the species due to disease and overfishing, China began releasing juvenile F. Chinensis in an effort to increase the corresponding annual catch starting in 1984. The program produced considerable results, with an average release of approximately 600 million and catch of 720 trillion annually as of 2006.[3]

References
  1. Food and Agriculture Organization. Species Fact Sheets: Penaeus chinensis (Osbeck, 1765). 2014.
  2. "An Overview of China's Aquaculture", p. 6. Netherlands Business Support Office (Dalian), 2010. Accessed 13 Aug 2014.
  3. Wang, Qingyin (August 2006). "Stock enhancement and translocation of the shrimp Penaeus chinensis in China". Fisheries Research. 80: 67–79. doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2006.03.015.
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