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Melicertus is a genus of "king" prawns, comprising eight species which were previously classified as members of the genus Penaeus: [1] [2] Melicertus canaliculatus (Olivier, 1811) - witch prawn; Melicertus hathor (Burkenroad, 1959) Melicertus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775) - caramote prawn, striped prawn
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A distinction is drawn in recent aquaculture literature, which increasingly uses the term "prawn" only for the marine forms of palaemonids and "shrimp" for the marine penaeids. [3] In the United Kingdom, the word "prawn" is more common on menus than "shrimp"; the opposite is the case in North America. The term "prawn" is also loosely used for ...
Average price of white shrimp is US$5.5/kg for a size range of 21/25 shrimps per kg, while for P. monodon it is US7-13/kg. However, as F. indicus is more easily bred and reared, the relative profit gained by F.indicus may be higher per input than it seems from the above figures. [5]
Marine shrimp farming is an aquaculture business for the cultivation of marine shrimp or prawns [Note 1] for human consumption. Although traditional shrimp farming has been carried out in Asia for centuries, large-scale commercial shrimp farming began in the 1970s, and production grew steeply, particularly to match the market demands of the United States, Japan and Western Europe.
Melicertus latisulcatus (Kishinouye, 1896) - western king prawn; Melicertus longistylus (Kubo, 1943) - redspot king prawn. The vannamei prawn or whiteleg shrimp, Penaeus vannamei. [dubious – discuss] Pepe the King Prawn, a Muppets character performed by Bill Barretta. King Prawn (band), an English ska punk band active 1993–2003 and 2012.
The common shrimp is a small burrowing species aligned with the notion of a shrimp as being something small, whereas the common prawn is much larger. The terms true shrimp or true prawn are sometimes used to mean what a particular person thinks is a shrimp or prawn. [2] This varies with the person using the terms.
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