Penaeidae>Penaeus monodon Black Tiger prawn DSCF47751

Local name=Leader prawn Growing to about 50cms

this one is just over the length of a size 14 gumboot.

Wikipedia says they grow to 33cms but local fisherman at point sampson say they have caught much larger individuals.

Kingdom=Animalia

Phylum=Arthropoda

Subphylum=Crustacea

Class=Malacostraca

Order=Decapoda

Suborder=Dendrobranchiata

Family=Penaeidae

Genus=Penaeus

Species=P.monodon

Binomial name=Penaeus monodon

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