'Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi'
Abstract
Torpedo shrimps Kishinouyepenaeopsis maxillipedo
(synonym of Parapenaeopsis maxillipedo) occur along
the Indo-West Pacific, Sri Lanka, Malaya and Australia.
In India, K. maxillipedo has been reported from Gujarat,
Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman
Islands and recently from Kerala. On 8th July 2019
seven specimens of Torpedo shrimps were found in
the gill net catch at Vizhinjam, Thiruvananthapuram
district, on the south west coast of Keral
