Melicertus

Melicertus is a genus of "king" prawns, comprising eight species which were previously classified as members of the genus Penaeus:
 * Melicertus canaliculatus (Olivier, 1811) - witch prawn
 * Melicertus hathor (Burkenroad, 1959)
 * Melicertus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775) - caramote prawn, striped prawn
 * Melicertus latisulcatus (Kishinouye, 1896) - western king prawn (Australia)
 * Melicertus longistylus (Kubo, 1943) - redspot king prawn
 * Melicertus marginatus (Randall, 1840) - aloha prawn
 * Melicertus plebejus (Hess, 1865) - eastern king prawn
 * Melicertus similis Chanda & Bhattacharya, 2002