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Giant River Prawns

Macrobrachium rosenbergii

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

large, bright blue claws

Habitat:

freshwater

Notes:

I was offered to buy this during my houseboat cruise on the backwaters of Kerala. Unfortunately, I did not purchase them. I guess I will never know how a huge blue prawn tastes!

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Macrobrachium rosenbergii

Species ID Suggestions

giant river prawn

Macrobrachium rosenbergii

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KarenP
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Comments (10)
Dan Doucette
Thanks KarenP. I'm so glad to have this cool looking creature ID'd.
Ashish
Karen must be right with Giant river prawns.
Ashish
Close to Blue Spiny lobster
KarenP
Those blue colors are awesome! Torn between this looking cool and this looking yummy.
Ashish
These blue legs are fixed in my mind..cool snap.
Ashish
They are prepared as food with many spices in India.
Ray White
They appear to be prawns of some sort

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PublishedJune 3, 2011

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