SPECIES FIELD GUIDE

Black tiger shrimp

Native to the Indian Ocean; larger size and premium price in some markets.

Black tiger shrimp

Penaeus monodon

A giant tiger prawn facing the camera on a sandy aquarium floor.

Photograph: CSIRO Marine Research, CSIRO · CC BY 3.0. Depicted: Penaeus monodon. Wikimedia-provided thumbnail downloaded without further image edits; source page records any earlier changes.

  • Native to the Indian Ocean; larger size and premium price in some markets.
  • Historically the main farmed shrimp before whiteleg became dominant.
  • Lower densities and careful disease management; domesticated SPF lines are expanding availability.