Roshna Prawn

Palaemon styliferus

• Group: Shrimp

A small, near transparent prawn of intertidal mudflats, the roshna prawn picks at tiny crustaceans alongside diatoms and the detritus that washes from mangroves. Abundant in estuaries, it is netted in quantity for food and bait across South Asia.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Palaemonidae › Palaemon

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 220151.