Macrobrachium lar
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Caridea
Family:	Palaemonidae
Genus:	Macrobrachium
Species:	M. lar
Binomial name
Macrobrachium lar Fabricius, 1798
Synonyms
Cancer teatae Curtiss, 1938 Leander dionyx Nobili, 1905 Macrobrachium ornatus Jayachandran & Raji, 2004 Palaemon lar Fabricius, 1798 Palaemon longimanus Fabricius, 1798 Palaemon longimanus Hoffman, 1874 Palaemon madagascariensis Hoffman, 1874 Palaemon mayottensis Hoffman, 1874 Palaemon ornatus Olivier, 1811 Palaemon reunionnensis Hoffman, 1874 Palaemon ruber Hess, 1865 Palaemon spectabilis Heller, 1862 Palaemon spectabilis Heller, 1865 Palaemon tridens White, 1847 Palaemon vagus Heller, 1862

Macrobrachium lar, commonly known as the Camaron or the Monkey River Prawn, is a species of freshwater shrimp found throughout the Indo-West Pacific area, ranging from East Africa through to the Marquesas Islands and was first described in 1798. ^[1] This species is found in flowing rivers and creeks near sea level.

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