First record of freshwater shrimp, Macrobrachium lamarrei lamarrei (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) from Gujarat, India

Barkha  Purohit; Kauresh D. Vachhrajani

doi:10.17017/j.fish.17

Barkha Purohit Marine Biodiversity and Ecology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Kauresh D. Vachhrajani Marine Biodiversity and Ecology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6840-4752

Keywords: Freshwater shrimp, Macrobrachium lamarrei lamarrei, First record, Gujarat

Abstract

In the present study the presence of freshwater shrimp Macrobrachium lamarrei lamarrei (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) was recorded for the first time from a freshwater pond of Dabhoi, Vadodara district of Gujarat State, India in March 2015. This report discusses the taxonomy and distribution of this species.

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