Moyebi shrimp
Metapenaeus moyebi
- Water temperature27–30 °C
- Best monthsNovember
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 27–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Moyebi shrimp
Names in 4 more languages
- Spanish
- camarón mobeyi, Camarón moyebi
- French
- crevette mobeyi, Crevette moyebi
- Japanese
- モエビ
- Simplified Chinese
- 沙棲新對蝦
Other scientific names: Metapenaeus burkenroadi, Penaeus moyebi
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).
- 17 open-data records from 1896 to 2007.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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