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Taihu White Shrimp

Taihu White Shrimp
Area: Wujiang District, China

Introduce

Beautiful white shrimp, also known as: Taihu white shrimp, white shrimp is one of the freshwater species, and the other is Vietnamese white shrimp. The beautiful white shrimp is the main economic shrimp in Taihu Lake. Its annual output accounts for more than 50% of the shrimp production in Taihu Lake. It is distributed throughout the lake. ”, the individuals of this ecological group are larger and have a certain clustering; the other is distributed along the lakeshore, and is often mixed with the Japanese giant shrimp, called “Silkworm White Shrimp”, and the individual is smaller.

The cultivation technology is similar to the green shrimp. The beautiful white shrimp is a unique high-quality aquatic product in Hulun Lake. It is named for its white, slightly blue-brown or red spots and white after death because of its thin and transparent carapace.

Appearance feature

The maximum body length does not exceed 60 mm. The carapace has gill spines, antenna spines but no liver spines. The forehead is well-developed, with serrations on the upper and lower edges, the base of the upper edge is a cockscomb bulge, and the upper edge is toothless. The side carapace of the second segment of the abdomen covers the outside of the first and third segments, the 4-6 segments are thin and short backward, and the caudal segment is narrow and long with a pointed end. The mandible has 2-segmented tentacles. The first and second steps are full of stings, and the second pair is thicker. Pairs 3-5 are claw-shaped or elongated columnar.

Living habits

The beautiful white shrimp mainly lives in the open water area of ​​the lake and the larger river channels in the lake. It dives into the low water during the day and rises to the upper layer of the lake at night, so the output of shrimp is high and it likes bright light. The white shrimp is an omnivorous animal. It feeds on zooplankton, plant debris, bacteria, etc. throughout its life.

Reproductive status

The peak period of brooding of white shrimp is from mid-April to the end of August, and the peak period of egg production is from May to June. In August, the large individual juvenile shrimp is 35 mm long and weighs 2 grams. It can be sexually mature and brooding. The old shrimp has about 300 eggs, and the juvenile shrimp has about 100 eggs. From April to July, the eggs can be brooded 2 to 3 times in a row. Strong ability.

Nutritional value

Content: The meat is tender and delicious, with high nutritional value. Every 100g of edible shrimp contains 20.6g of protein, 0.7g of fat, and various nutrients such as calcium, scale, iron, inorganic salts and vitamin A.

Edible: Fresh food can be made from brine, fried shrimp slices, shrimp, shrimp balls, shrimp rolls, etc. The shrimp can also be made into famous dishes such as “scrambled eggs with shrimp”, “shrimp soup”, “pomegranate shrimp”. Using fresh white shrimp to make “choking shrimp”, eating it in the mouth is very tender and delicious.