Aristeus alcocki Ramadan, 1938 (basis of record)
Aristeus antennatus (Risso, 1816) (additional source)
Aristeus mabahissae Ramadan, 1938 (basis of record)
Gordonella villosa (Alcock & Anderson, 1894) (basis of record)
Haliporoides triarthrus Stebbing, 1914 (basis of record)
Haliporus taprobanensis Alcock & Anderson, 1899 (basis of record)
Hemipenaeus carpenteri Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 (basis of record)
Hemipenaeus spinidorsalis Spence Bate, 1881 (basis of record)
Hepomadus tener Smith, 1884 (additional source)
Heterocarpus laevigatus Spence Bate, 1888 (additional source)
Heterocarpus woodmasoni Alcock, 1901 (basis of record)
Hymenopenaeus fattahi Ramadan, 1938 (basis of record)
Hymenopenaeus halli Bruce, 1966 (basis of record)
Hymenopenaeus laevis (Spence Bate, 1881) (basis of record)
Hymenopenaeus propinquus (De Man, 1907) (basis of record)
Hymenopenaeus sewelli Ramadan, 1938 (basis of record)
Metanephrops andamanicus (Wood-Mason, 1892) (basis of record)
Nephropsis stewarti Wood-Mason, 1872 (basis of record)
Palinurus delagoae Barnard, 1926 (basis of record)
Panulirus ornatus (Fabricius, 1798) (additional source)
Panulirus versicolor (Latreille, 1804) (basis of record)
Parahepomadus vaubani Crosnier, 1978 (basis of record)
Parribacus antarcticus (Lund, 1793) (basis of record)
Penaeopsis balssi Ivanov & Hassan, 1976 (basis of record)
Penaeopsis jerryi Pérez Farfante, 1979 (basis of record)
Penaeus japonicus Spence Bate, 1888 (basis of record)
Pleoticus steindachneri (Balss, 1914) (basis of record)
Plesionika ensis (A. Milne-Edwards, 1881) (additional source)
Plesiopenaeus armatus (Spence Bate, 1881) accepted as Cerataspis monstrosus Gray, 1828 (additional source)
Plesiopenaeus coruscans (Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891) accepted as Cerataspis coruscans (Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891) (basis of record)
Puerulus sewelli Ramadan, 1938 (basis of record)
Sicyonia H. Milne Edwards, 1830 (additional source)
Sicyonia fallax De Man, 1907 (basis of record)
Sicyonia longicauda Rathbun, 1906 (basis of record)
Solenocera africana Stebbing, 1917 (additional source)
Solenocera algoensis Barnard, 1947 (basis of record)

Chagos for Parribacus antarcticus (Lund, 1793) 
Eritrean Exclusive Economic Zone for Panulirus versicolor (Latreille, 1804) 
Eritrean Exclusive Economic Zone for Penaeus japonicus Spence Bate, 1888 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Heterocarpus woodmasoni Alcock, 1901 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Metanephrops andamanicus (Wood-Mason, 1892) 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Panulirus ornatus (Fabricius, 1798) 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Panulirus versicolor (Latreille, 1804) 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Parribacus antarcticus (Lund, 1793) 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Penaeopsis balssi Ivanov & Hassan, 1976 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Penaeus japonicus Spence Bate, 1888 
Madagascar for Heterocarpus woodmasoni Alcock, 1901 
Madagascar for Metanephrops andamanicus (Wood-Mason, 1892) 
Madagascar for Nephropsis stewarti Wood-Mason, 1872 
Madagascar for Palinurus delagoae Barnard, 1926 
Madagascar for Panulirus ornatus (Fabricius, 1798) 
Madagascar for Panulirus versicolor (Latreille, 1804) 
Madagascar for Penaeopsis balssi Ivanov & Hassan, 1976 
Madagascar for Penaeopsis jerryi Pérez Farfante, 1979 
Madagascar for Penaeus japonicus Spence Bate, 1888 
Maldives Exclusive Economic Zone for Hymenopenaeus sewelli Ramadan, 1938 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Panulirus ornatus (Fabricius, 1798) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Panulirus versicolor (Latreille, 1804) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Parribacus antarcticus (Lund, 1793) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Penaeus japonicus Spence Bate, 1888 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Haliporoides triarthrus Stebbing, 1914 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Heterocarpus woodmasoni Alcock, 1901 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Metanephrops andamanicus (Wood-Mason, 1892) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Nephropsis stewarti Wood-Mason, 1872 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Palinurus delagoae Barnard, 1926 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Panulirus ornatus (Fabricius, 1798) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Panulirus versicolor (Latreille, 1804) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Penaeopsis balssi Ivanov & Hassan, 1976 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Penaeopsis jerryi Pérez Farfante, 1979 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Penaeus japonicus Spence Bate, 1888 
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Panulirus ornatus (Fabricius, 1798) 
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Panulirus versicolor (Latreille, 1804) 
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Parribacus antarcticus (Lund, 1793) 
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Penaeus japonicus Spence Bate, 1888 
Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone for Panulirus ornatus (Fabricius, 1798) 
Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone for Panulirus versicolor (Latreille, 1804) 
Somali Exclusive Economic Zone for Heterocarpus woodmasoni Alcock, 1901 
Somali Exclusive Economic Zone for Panulirus versicolor (Latreille, 1804) 
Somali Exclusive Economic Zone for Penaeopsis balssi Ivanov & Hassan, 1976 
Somali Exclusive Economic Zone for Penaeus japonicus Spence Bate, 1888 
Somali Exclusive Economic Zone for Puerulus sewelli Ramadan, 1938 
Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone for Heterocarpus woodmasoni Alcock, 1901 
Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone for Metanephrops andamanicus (Wood-Mason, 1892) 
Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone for Panulirus ornatus (Fabricius, 1798) 
Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone for Panulirus versicolor (Latreille, 1804) 
Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone for Parribacus antarcticus (Lund, 1793) 
Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone for Penaeopsis balssi Ivanov & Hassan, 1976 
Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone for Penaeus japonicus Spence Bate, 1888 

English andaman lobster for Metanephrops andamanicus (Wood-Mason, 1892)
English banana shrimp for Penaeus merguiensis De Man, 1888
English blunt locust lobster for Scyllarides squammosus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
English Cape locust lobster for Scyllarides elisabethae (Ortmann, 1894)
English coarse shrimp [from synonym] for Trachypenaeus granulosus (Haswell, 1879)
English coastal mud shrimp for Solenocera crassicornis (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
English coral shrimp [from synonym] for Parapenaeopsis cornuta (Kishinouye, 1900)
English Coromandel shrimp for Parapenaeopsis coromandelica Alcock, 1906
English deep-sea mud shrimp for Solenocera hextii Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891
English fiddler shrimp for Metapenaeopsis stridulans (Alcock, 1905)
English fine shrimp for Metapenaeus elegans De Man, 1907
English flamingo shrimp for Parapenaeus longipes Alcock, 1905
English flathead locust lobster for Thenus orientalis (Lund, 1793)
English giant tiger prawn for Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798
English Gondwana shrimp for Penaeopsis jerryi Pérez Farfante, 1979
English greasyback shrimp for Metapenaeus ensis (De Haan, 1844)
English green tiger prawn for Penaeus semisulcatus De Haan, 1844
English hairy river prawn for Macrobrachium rude (Heller, 1862)
English hawknose shrimp [from synonym] for Parapenaeopsis acclivirostris Alcock, 1905
English hunter shrimp for Exhippolysmata ensirostris (Kemp, 1914)
English Indian nylon shrimp for Heterocarpus woodmasoni Alcock, 1901
English Indian Ocean lobsterette for Nephropsis stewarti Wood-Mason, 1872
English Indian white shrimp for Penaeus indicus H. Milne Edwards, 1837
English Indo-Pacific furry lobster [from synonym] for Palinurellus wieneckii (De Man, 1881)
English Jinga shrimp for Metapenaeus affinis (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
English Kadal shrimp for Metapenaeus dobsoni (Miers, 1878)
English Kiddi shrimp for Parapenaeopsis stylifera (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
English knife shrimp for Haliporoides triarthrus Stebbing, 1914
English Kuruma shrimp for Penaeus japonicus Spence Bate, 1888
English longarm spiny lobster [from synonym] for Justitia mauritiana (Miers, 1882)
English longlegged spiny lobster for Panulirus longipes (A. Milne-Edwards, 1868)
English Malayan rough shrimp [from synonym] for Trachypeneus sedili Hall, 1961
English monsoon river prawn for Macrobrachium malcolmsonii (H. Milne Edwards, 1844)
English Moyebi shrimp for Metapenaeus moyebi (Kishinouye, 1896)
English Natal spiny lobster for Palinurus delagoae Barnard, 1926
English nird shrimp for Metapenaeus lysianassa (De Man, 1888)
English ornate spiny lobster for Panulirus ornatus (Fabricius, 1798)
English Pacific green sea turtle [from synonym] for Chelonia mydas agassizii (Bocourt, 1868)
English Pacific hawksbill turtle for Eretmochelys imbricata bissa (Rüppell, 1835)
English Pacific leatherback turtle [from synonym] for Dermochelys coriacea schlegelii (Garman, 1884)
English Pacific loggerhead turtle for Caretta caretta gigas (Deraniyagala, 1939)
English Pacific ridley turtle for Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829)
English painted spiny lobster for Panulirus versicolor (Latreille, 1804)
English peregrine shrimp for Metapenaeus stebbingi Nobili, 1904
English periscope shrimp for Atypopenaeus stenodactylus (Stimpson, 1860)
English pronghorn spiny lobster for Panulirus penicillatus (Olivier, 1791)
English rainbow shrimp [from synonym] for Parapenaeopsis sculptilis (Heller, 1862)
English redtail shrimp for Penaeus penicillatus Alcock, 1905
English ridgeback shrimp for Solenocera choprai Nataraj, 1945
English Roshna prawn [from synonym] for Exopalaemon styliferus (H. Milne Edwards, 1840)
English rough river prawn for Macrobrachium equidens (Dana, 1852)
English scalloped spiny lobster for Panulirus homarus (Linnaeus, 1758)
English sculptured slipper lobster for Parribacus antarcticus (Lund, 1793)
English scythe shrimp for Penaeopsis balssi Ivanov & Hassan, 1976
English smooth fan lobster for Ibacus novemdentatus Gibbes, 1850
English soft locust lobster [from synonym] for Scyllarus batei Holthuis, 1946
English southern rough shrimp [from synonym] for Trachypenaeus curvirostris (Stimpson, 1860)
English spear lobster for Linuparus somniosus Berry & George, 1972
English spear shrimp [from synonym] for Parapenaeopsis hardwickii (Miers, 1878)
English speckled shrimp for Metapenaeus monoceros (Fabricius, 1798)
English spider prawn for Nematopalaemon tenuipes (Henderson, 1893)
English Tolo velvet shrimp for Metapenaeopsis toloensis Hall, 1962
English torpedo shrimp [from synonym] for Parapenaeopsis maxillipedo Alcock, 1905
English uncta shrimp [from synonym] for Parapenaeopsis uncta Alcock, 1905
English western king prawn for Penaeus latisulcatus Kishinouye, 1896
English whip lobster for Puerulus sewelli Ramadan, 1938
English witch prawn for Penaeus canaliculatus (Olivier, 1811)

 Description

 for Metapenaeus mastersii Hall, 1962

Mistaken with M. moyebi following Hall, 1962. (Fischer, W. & G. Bianchi) <134> [details]

 Description

 for Palaemon carcinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Does not occur in the Western Indian Ocean but often misidentified as Macrobrachium rosenbergii (De Man, 1879) [details]

 Description

 for Plesiopenaeus coruscans (Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891)

Occurs in FAO Fisheries Area 51 <134> [details]

 Distribution

 for Aristeus antennatus (Risso, 1816)

Distribution: also known from the Mediterranean and East Atlantic [details]

 Distribution

 for Hemipenaeus carpenteri Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891

Distribution: cosmopolitan <273>. [details]

 Distribution

 for Hemipenaeus spinidorsalis Spence Bate, 1881

Distribution: cosmopolitan <273>. [details]

 Distribution

 for Hymenopenaeus propinquus (De Man, 1907)

Distribution: also known from Indonesia and Maledives <273>. [details]

 Distribution

 for Hymenopenaeus sewelli Ramadan, 1938

Distribution: only known from the type locality <273>. [details]

 Distribution

 for Panulirus ornatus (Fabricius, 1798)

Tropical Indo-Pacific, also distributed in Australia in Kalk (1958). [details]

 Distribution

 for Plesiopenaeus armatus (Spence Bate, 1881)

Distribution: cosmopolitan <273>. [details]

 Distribution

 for Sicyonia fallax De Man, 1907

Distribution: also known from Sulu Sea <273>. [details]

 Distribution

 for Solenocera comata Stebbing, 1915

Distribution: widespread in the Indo-West Pacific <273>. [details]

 Distribution

 for Thenus orientalis (Lund, 1793)

Tropical Indo-Pacific, also distributed in Australia in Kalk (1958). [details]

 Remark

 for Exhippolysmata ensirostris (Kemp, 1914)

Other scientific names in use Hippolysmata ensirostris (Kemp,1914) in Fischer, W & G. Bianchi 1984 <134> [details]

 Remark

 for Heterocarpus woodmasoni Alcock, 1901

See remark with H. calmani [details]

 Remark

 for Ibacus novemdentatus Gibbes, 1850

Also recorded from the Mascarene Ridge banks <134>. [details]

 Remark

 for Penaeus canaliculatus (Olivier, 1811)

Many of the pre-1976 records for this species may actually refer to other, more or less releated species (eg ... [details]

 Remark

 for Penaeus semisulcatus De Haan, 1844

Specimens identified by Alcock as this species are P. monodon, those by Stebbing are P. indicus (Barnard 1950 <91>. [details]

 Spelling

 for Sicyonia H. Milne Edwards, 1830

Spelled Sicyona in <134> [details]

 Type locality

 for Hymenopenaeus sewelli Ramadan, 1938

Maledives [details]