Acetes japonicus
| Acetes japonicus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
| Family: | Sergestidae |
| Genus: | Acetes |
| Species: | A. japonicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Acetes japonicus Kishinouye, 1905 | |
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Acetes japonicus is a prawn species from the family Sergestidae. It occurs in the western Pacific Ocean and northern Indian Ocean, between Arabian Sea and the Yellow Sea. It is the species of wild shrimp or prawn with the highest reported annual catch, 402 thousand tonnes in 2019, fished by China and South Korea.