Macrobrachium lar

{{Short description|Species of crustacean}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Macrobrachium lar.jpg

| genus = Macrobrachium

| species = lar

| authority = Fabricius, 1798

| synonyms =

• Cancer teatae Curtiss, 1938
• Leander dionyx Nobili, 1905
• Macrobrachium ornatus Jayachandran & Raji, 2004
• Palaemon lar Fabricius, 1798
• Palaemon longimanus Fabricius, 1798
• Palaemon longimanus Hoffman, 1874
• Palaemon madagascariensis Hoffman, 1874
• Palaemon mayottensis Hoffman, 1874
• Palaemon ornatus Olivier, 1811
• Palaemon reunionnensis Hoffman, 1874
• Palaemon ruber Hess, 1865
• Palaemon spectabilis Heller, 1862
• Palaemon spectabilis Heller, 1865
• Palaemon tridens White, 1847
• Palaemon vagus Heller, 1862

}}

Macrobrachium lar, commonly known as the Camaron or the Monkey river prawn, is a species of freshwater shrimp found throughout the Indo-West Pacific area, ranging from East Africa through to the Marquesas Islands and was first described in 1798.{{cite WoRMS |author=Charles Fransen |year=2012 |title=Macrobrachium lar (Fabricius, 1798 ) |id=220135}} This species is found in flowing rivers and creeks near sea level.