About Macrobrachium nipponense (De Haan, 1849)
Macrobrachium nipponense, commonly known as the Oriental river prawn or East Asian river prawn, is a species of freshwater shrimp. This species was first scientifically described in 1849. Its natural native range spans lower river reaches and delta areas in the Far East of Asia, extending from Manchuria and Korea in the north to Vietnam and Myanmar in the south, and including the Japanese archipelago and Taiwan. It has been artificially introduced to Europe and Western Asia, where it has established invasive wild populations. Its current invasive range includes Iran, Iraq, Dagestan, and the lower reaches of the Don River. In Europe, the Oriental river prawn is found in the waters of Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine. It was also introduced to the Guadalquivir River delta in Spain via grain shipping traffic traveling from the Danube Delta to Western Europe.
