The truth about shrimps & prawns...

Banana prawns (Penaeus merguiensis)

Steamed banana prawns

*Photos taken with iPhone 5

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Shrimps & prawns that we've experimented with so far...

Asia:
Giant river prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii)
Giant tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon)
Banana prawn (Penaeus merguiensis)
Indian white prawn (Penaeus indicus)
Western king prawn (Melicertus latisulcatus)
Green tiger prawn (Penaeus semisulcatus)
Kuruma prawn (Penaeus japonicus)

America:
Blue shrimp (Penaeus stylirostris)
Spot shrimp (Pandalus platyceros)

Europe:
Scarlet shrimp (Aristaeopsis edwardsiana)
Blue and red shrimp (Aristeus antennatus)
Giant red shrimp (Aristaeomorpha foliacea)
Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis)