Macrobrachium indicum

Macrobrachium indicum is a species of freshwater shrimp of South India. It was first described in 1986.^[1] This freshwater prawn was described from Vellayani Lake, Kerala. This species is closely related to M. australe and M. ustulatum.^[2] It is a medium-sized prawn of genus Macrobrachium.

Macrobrachium indicum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Caridea
Family:	Palaemonidae
Genus:	Macrobrachium
Species:	M. indicum
Binomial name
Macrobrachium indicum Jayachandran, & Joseph, 1986