Giant Freshwater Prawn vs Monkey river prawn

Macrobrachium rosenbergii compared with Macrobrachium lar

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Giant Freshwater Prawn	Monkey river prawn
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (artrópode)	Arthropoda (artrópode)
Class same	Malacostraca (Crustaceans)	Malacostraca (Crustaceans)
Order same	Decapoda (Decapoda)	Decapoda (Decapoda)
Family same	Palaemonidae	Palaemonidae
Genus same	Macrobrachium	Macrobrachium
Species	Macrobrachium rosenbergii	Macrobrachium lar

Evolutionary Relationship

Giant Freshwater Prawn and Monkey river prawn share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Macrobrachium.

Conservation Status

Giant Freshwater Prawn

LC — Least Concern

Monkey river prawn

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Giant Freshwater Prawn	Monkey river prawn
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Giant Freshwater Prawn

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, among 8 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (Norway, Ukraine), North America (10 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati, Micronesia), and South America (5 countries).

Monkey river prawn

Habitat

Typically found in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Taiwan, and United States.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇺🇸 United States