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Record 1 1996-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aquaculture
OBS

Freshwater prawn is a generic term used to described many species of Macrobrachium like Macrobrachium carnicus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aquaculture
CONT

Les crevettes d'eau douce sont appelées " chevrettes " en Polynésie, " écrevisses " ou "ouassons " aux Antilles. Ces noms désignent communément le genre Macrobrachium, et, plus particulièrement, M. rosenbergii. Il existe une centaines d'espèces de Macrobrachium pour la plupart cantonnées aux eaux douces tropicales [...] Des élevages se développent également depuis quelques années dans des pays plus tempérés, et toujours sur M. rosenbergii. C'est le cas dans le sud des États-Unis [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Acuicultura
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