Is prawn fresh water or sea water?

Prawn is a common edible shrimp in daily life. It has high nutritional value and is very popular with people. Its appearance is very similar to that of Jiwei shrimp. Is it freshwater shrimp or sea shrimp?

Is prawn freshwater or seawater shrimp?

Prawns are sea shrimp. Mostly distributed in the Yellow Sea, Bohai Sea and the north of the Yangtze River in various sea areas, high requirements for the culture environment, so the cost of breeding it is relatively high, the price is relatively expensive. But it has high nutritional value and delicious taste, so many people are willing to buy it.

What's the difference between prawns and Kei Wai prawns?

1. Differences between species and genera

In essence, they are not a species, the scientific name of Penaeus orientalis, also known as Oriental prawn, green shrimp, yellow shrimp, etc., belong to the genus Penaeus vannamei. Jiwei shrimp is called Dao er New Shrimp, which is more commonly known as Flower Shrimp, Tiger Shrimp, Red claw Shrimp and so on, so it is commercially called Kewei Shrimp.

2. Appearance difference

Shrimp is larger, generally 16-22 cm long, up to 30 cm, weighing 30-80 grams, weighing half a jin, its abdomen is long, muscular, shrimp body is long tube-shaped, flattened on the left and right sides. Generally speaking, adult female shrimp is larger than male shrimp, their body color will also be different, female shrimp body color is grayish blue, male shrimp body color is yellow. Jiwei shrimp is smaller than prawn, its body length is generally 10-15 kg, and its melon ends are slightly red. At this time, the biggest difference between shrimp and prawns can be distinguished by it when buying.

3. Taste difference

Both of them are more popular with consumers on the market, the meat quality of shrimp is relatively tight and elastic, and it is chewy to eat. The common cooking methods in life are salt baking, stew, barbecue, deep-frying and so on. The biggest characteristic of Jiwei shrimp is thin shell and fat meat, its shell is thin, and its meat is tender, which is suitable for braising, soup, barbecue and so on.

4. The difference of culture environment

Shrimp is a kind of sea shrimp, which has high requirements for culture environment, water quality, sediment and culture density. The cost of raising it is relatively high, so the price is also relatively high. Although Kei Wai shrimp is also a kind of sea shrimp, it has lower requirements for salt content in water, and it can also be cultured in fresh water, which is suitable for inland culture. The culture scale is also larger, and the price is slightly cheaper than shrimp.