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Family: PENAEIDAE 



Genus: PENAEOPSIS A. M. Edwards 



Penaeopsis monoceros (Fabricius) 



Plate 18 



Type : Fabricius' type came from the Indian Ocean and is de- 

 posited in the British Museum, if still extant. 



Distribution: Dr. Alcock records this as "one of the com- 

 monest of the Indian prawns known in the Calcutta collection 

 from Pondicherry ; Sandheads, River Hooghly ; Orissa coast ; Bom- 

 bay; Palk Strait; off Indus Delta, 30 to 40 fathoms; Ganjam and 

 Vizagapatan, 10 to 30 fathoms; Coromandel coast, 80 to 110 

 fathoms; Gulf of Martaban, 20 fathoms; Akyab; Hong Kong." 

 Indian Ocean (Fabricius, H. M. Edwards) ; Hong Kong (Stimp- 

 son) ; Yokohama and Sagami Bay, Japan (Thallwitz) ; Takao, 

 Formosa (Balss) ; Port Said, Suez Canal, Balikpapan, Borneo 

 (Balss) ; Station 386, of Natal, South Africa (Caiman) ; Tale 

 Sap (Kemp) ; Georgetown, Penang, Malay Straits, Singapore 

 (Boone) . 



Material examined: Two young specimens, from George- 

 town, Penang, Malay Straits, November 13, 1931. One specimen, 

 Singapore, November 10, 1931. 



