Acetes japonicus

Acetes japonicus is a prawn species from the family Sergestidae.^[1] It occurs in the western Pacific Ocean and northern Indian Ocean, between Arabian Sea and the Yellow Sea.^[3] It is the species of wild shrimp or prawn with the highest reported annual catch, 402 thousand tonnes in 2019, fished by China and South Korea.^[4]

Bottle of Acetes japonicus sold in Japan

Acetes japonicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Dendrobranchiata
Family:	Sergestidae
Genus:	Acetes
Species:	A. japonicus
Binomial name
Acetes japonicus Kishinouye, 1905
Synonyms[1]
Acetes cochinensis Rao, 1970 Acetes dispar Hansen, 1919

Global capture production of Akiami paste shrimp (Acetes japonicus) in thousand tonnes from 1950 to 2022, as reported by the FAO^[2]