Camel shrimp or hinge beak prawn (Rhynchocinetes durbanensis Gordon, 1936) considered to be one of the
ornamental crustaceans, popular in marine aquarium trade, is reported for the first time from Jiwani, Balochistan. The
specimen is dissected out of a sin croaker (Johnius dussumieri) which was found to be infested with an unidentified
bopyrid parasite. The paper provides taxonomic details of Rhynchocinetes durbanensis which is widely known from
Indo-Pacific area and extends its distribution to Northern Arabian Sea along the coast of Pakistan.