| Phyum : | Arthorpoda |
| Subphylum : | Mandibula |
| Class : | Crustacea |
| Series : | Eumalacostraca |
| Superorder : | Eucarida |
| Order : | Decapoda |
| Suborder : | Natantia |
| Infraorder : | Caridea |
| Superfamily : | Palaemonoidea |
| Family : | Palaemonoidae |
| Subfamily : | Palaemoninae |
| Genus : | Macrobrachium |
| Species : | aemulum |
| Athority : | Nobili, 1906 |