| Macrobrachium | |
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| Macrobrachium ohione | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Palaemonidae |
| Genus: |
Macrobrachium Spence Bate, 1868 |
| Type species | |
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Macrobrachium americanum Bate, 1868 |
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Macrobrachium is a genus of freshwater prawns or shrimps characterised by the extreme enlargement of the second pair of pereiopods, at least in the male. It contains the following species: