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Tahitian Prawn
Species IUCN · Least Concern (LC)

Tahitian Prawn

Macrobrachium lar, (Fabricius, 1798)

freshwater

About Tahitian Prawn

Macrobrachium lar, commonly known as the Camaron or the Monkey River Prawn, is a species of freshwater shrimp found throughout the Indo-West Pacific area, ranging from East Africa through to the Marquesas Islands and was first described in 1798. This species is found in flowing rivers and creeks near sea level.

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