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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 ...
Eastern king prawns are marketed in eastern Australia as "king prawns" without qualification. In southeast Queensland, they may also be called Mooloolabah prawns. [1]The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization uses French and Spanish names that are direct translations of "eastern royal prawn": Crevette royale orientale, Camarón real oriental.
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
Metapenaeus bennettae is a species of small prawn found in eastern Australia, where it is called the greentail or greasyback prawn. The prawns are covered in fine hairs, giving them a slippery feel when handled. [1] They are collected commercially and recreationally for food and form part of the catches known as bay prawns and school prawns.
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King prawn may refer to: In Australia, several species of commercially significant edible prawns (shrimp) in the genus Melicertus (previously classified in Peneaus): Melicertus plebejus (Hess, 1865) - eastern king prawn; Melicertus latisulcatus (Kishinouye, 1896) - western king prawn; Melicertus longistylus (Kubo, 1943) - redspot king prawn.
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.
Seafood in Australia comes from local and international commercial fisheries, aquaculture and recreational anglers. [1] It is an economically important sector, and along with agriculture and forestry contributed $24,744 million to Australia's GDP in year 2007–2008, out of a total GDP of $1,084,146 million.