''Macrobrachium scabriculum'' is a species of

freshwater shrimp Freshwater shrimp are any shrimp which live in fresh water. This includes: *Any Caridea (shrimp) which live in fresh water, especially the family Atyidae *Species in the genus ''Macrobrachium'' :*'' Macrobrachium ohione'', the Ohio River shrimp : ...

. It is distributed in countries and territories around the Indian Ocean (East Africa, Madagascar, South Asia, Sumatra). It is known as Goda River prawn. The total length of male prawns become about 6.5 cm long and in females it is about 5 cm. A kind of fur develop on the chelipeds of males. Eggs produced by ''M. scabriculum'' are smaller in size, brownish in color, elliptical or oval in shape and hatched larvae undergone migration to low saline water for completion its life cycle. ''Macrobrachium scabriculum'' inhabit fresh and brackish water of larger rivers and streams.

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Palaemonidae Freshwater crustaceans of Africa Freshwater crustaceans of Asia Crustaceans described in 1862 {{Caridea-stub