Population genetic structure of themarine penaeid prawn-Penaeus indicus H. Milne Edwards 1837

The P.indicus, popularly known as the Indian white prawn, is distributed widely in the Indo-Pacific, starting from New South wales in Australia in the east to the east coast of Africa in the west. However, the commercial fishery for P. indicus was reported only from India and Africa. In India, the species is distributed between Puri in the east coast and Mangalore in the west coast. Because of its heavy demand in the export market, the species has been exploited intensively from all along its areas of distribution in Indian waters (Rao et al., 1993).