Freshwater Decapods of Godavari River, Bhadrachalam, Telangana Author Mandal, Sudipta Author Deepa, J. text Records of the Zoological Survey of India 2021 121 1 39 45 journal article 10.26515/rzsi/v121/i1/2021/130142 2581-8686 10956216 3. Macrobrachium malcolmsonii (H. M. Edwards, 1844) ( Figure 3C ) 1844. Palaemon malcolmsonii : H. Milne Edwards, In: Jacquemont Voyage, Inde , 4 (2): 8. 2015. Macrobrachium malcolmsonii : Dev Roy et al. , In: Wetland Ecosystem Series, 18 : 63-68. Material examined : FBRC / ZSI /INV/1718, 3 ex. , Godavari River , KTPS intake well, Burgampahad , Bhadradri Kothagudem dist .; FBRC / ZSI /INV/1719, 1 ex. , Kinnersani confluence, Burgampahad , Bhadradri Kothagudem dist .; FBRC / ZSI /INV/1723, 1 ex. , Godavari River , intake well ITC , Iravandi, Khammam dist. Diagnosis : Rostral formula, more or less equal to antennal scale but longer than antenular peduncle; antennal spine and hepatic spine present; 1st cheliped very short, equal and slender; 2nd cheliped strong, equal and well developed, movable finger covers with dense velvety pubescence in adult, fingers are longer than half of the palm, palm not swollen; 3rd to 5th periopod in structure with simple dactylus; abdomen smooth; telson with 2 pairs of dorsal movable spines and 2 pairs of posterior spines with 12-14 plumose setae, posterior apex exceed the tips of longer posteriolateral spines; uropods exceeding tip of telson, mobile mesial spine of exopod is absent. Distribution : India - Andhra Pradesh , Bihar , Gujarat , Madhya Pradesh , Maharashtra , Odisha , Punjab, Tamil Nadu , Tripura , Telangana. Elsewhere : Pakistan .