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| | Fact Sheet for Penaeus monodon (Fabricius, 1798) |
 | | Penaeus carinatus Dana, 1852; Penaeus caeruleus Stebbings, 1905; Penaeus bubulus Kubo, 1949; Penaeus monodon var. |
 | | monodon diet preferences includes crustaceans and mollusks (85% ingested food), and the remaining 15% consisting of vegetable matter, polychaetes, fish, debris and sand, indicating that the giant tiger prawn is more of a predator rather than a scavenger or detritus feeder (Solis, 1988). |
 | | monodon is a known carrier of Monodon baculovirus (MBV), yellow-head virus (YHV), Infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHHNV), hepatopancreatic parvo-like virus (HPV), baculoviral midgut gland necrosis virus (BMNV), P. |
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