Macrobrachium scabriculum

Macrobrachium scabriculum is a species of freshwater shrimp. It is distributed in countries and territories around the Indian Ocean (East Africa, Madagascar, South Asia, Sumatra).^[1] It is known as Goda River prawn.^[2][3] The total length of male prawns become about 6.5 cm long and in females it is about 5 cm. A kind of fur develop on the chelipeds of males. Eggs produced by M. scabriculum are smaller in size, brownish in color, elliptical or oval in shape^[4] and hatched larvae undergone migration to low saline water for completion its life cycle.^[5]

Macrobrachium scabriculum
From Kerala, India.
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Caridea
Family:	Palaemonidae
Genus:	Macrobrachium
Species:	M. scabriculum
Binomial name
Macrobrachium scabriculum Heller, 1862
Synonyms
Palaemon scabriculus Heller, 1862 Palaemon dolichodactylus Hilgendorf, 1879 Palaemon dubius Henderson and Matthai, 1910

Macrobrachium scabriculum inhabit fresh and brackish water of larger rivers and streams.^[1]