This project aimed at producing a comprehensive tissue-specific transcriptome of the black tiger prawn. To this effect, we sequenced three replicates each from nine different tissues: eyestalk (EY) stomach (ST) female gonad (FG) male gonad (MG) gill (GI) haemoplymph (HL) hepatopancrease (HP) lymphoid organ (LO) and muscle (MU). In addition, one pooled replicate was sequenced from each from eight larval stages: embryo (E), nauplii (N), zoea (Z), Mysis (M), post larval days 1 (PL01), 4 (PL04), 10 (PL10) and 15 (PL15).