eastern school shrimp
Metapenaeus macleayi
- Water temperature17–23 °C
- Best monthsApril
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 18 records
- February: 4 records
- March: 15 records
- April: 43 records
- May: 13 records
- June: 12 records
- July: 9 records
- August: 7 records
- September: 16 records
- October: 10 records
- November: 23 records
- December: 13 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 17–23 °C
Names and classification
- English
- eastern school shrimp, school prawn, white river prawn
Names in 2 more languages
- Spanish
- camarón maclayo
- French
- crevette de maclay
Other scientific names: Penaeus haswelli, Penaeus macleayi
Similar species
- Endeavour shrimp
Metapenaeus endeavouri
bay prawnMetapenaeus bennettae
Greasyback shrimpMetapenaeus ensis
Kadal shrimpMetapenaeus dobsoni
ginger shrimpMetapenaeus kutchensis
- Jinga shrimp
Metapenaeus affinis
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 227 open-data records from 1889 to 2002.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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