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What species of freshwater shrimp are farmed?

Freshwater shrimp is the main species in aquaculture. There are many types of freshwater shrimp. There are great differences in the types of freshwater shrimp in different countries and regions. The most common freshwater shrimp include Chinese shrimp, Japanese shrimp, giant tiger shrimp, long-haired shrimp, etc. How much do you know about so many types of freshwater shrimp?

Chinese shrimp

Penaeus chinensis is one of the main freshwater shrimp species in my country, and is mainly distributed in the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea and the western coast of North Korea. Liaoning, Hebei, Shandong Province and the coastal areas of Tianjin are important production areas of Penaeus chinensis.

As a freshwater shrimp variety with abundant production, Chinese shrimp has tender and delicious meat and rich nutrition. Every 100 grams of shrimp meat contains 20.6 grams of protein, 0.7 grams of fat, and contains a variety of vitamins and trace elements necessary for the human body. It is a high-protein nutritious aquatic product.

Japanese shrimp

Japanese shrimp is also one of the common freshwater shrimp species. Japanese shrimp is widely distributed, including south of Hokkaido, Japan, along the coast of China, Southeast Asia, northern Australia, eastern Africa and the Red Sea.

Japanese shrimp is the most important shrimp cultured species in Japan. As the most important freshwater shrimp species in Japan, it is sold at the highest price when it is raised to about 25 grams in Japan, and is mainly sold alive. In recent years, the southern coastal areas of Fujian and Guangdong in my country have also begun to cultivate it.

Penaeus monodon

The giant tiger prawn is one of the main freshwater prawn species and is the most commonly farmed species in the world. Two crops of giant tiger prawns can be raised along the southern coast of my country. The distribution area of ​​giant tiger prawns is very wide, from southern Japan, South Korea, the coast of my country, the Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, Thailand, India to the eastern coast of Africa. This is also the reason why this freshwater prawn can be listed as the most important freshwater prawn species.