The difference between white shrimp and shrimp

White Shrimp

The general term for crustaceans of the genus Exopalaemon. They are so named because they have thin shells, few pigment cells, and are usually transparent, but their muscles turn white after death.

Shrimp

Metapenaeus ensis is also known as "basic shrimp" and "unicorn shrimp". It belongs to the class of soft armor and the family of Penaeidae. It is about 8cm long. There are many concave parts on the body surface, which are covered with short hairs. The forehead is straight, with only 7-9 teeth on the upper edge. The cephalothorax has obvious cardiobranchial grooves and cardiobranchial ridges, obvious hepatic grooves, hepatic spines, antennal spines and supraorbital spines, but no cheek spines. The first three pairs of walking legs have basal spines, the first leg has a sacral spine, the fifth walking leg has no external limbs, the seventh thoracic segment has lateral gills, and the third jaw has no limb gills. It is an important economic species and is the object of artificial breeding.

The difference between white shrimp and shrimp

Basom shrimps are also called bamboo shrimps. Their bodies are a bit like bamboo joints. They grow in the deep sea and are pollution-free. They also eat different foods. The minerals on the seabed are better for the human body. They don't grow as big as white shrimps and are not easy to breed. White shrimps are different. They grow in shallow waters by the river. There are sea white shrimps and river white shrimps. The nutrition is not very good, but they are easy to breed and catch, so the price is different. White shrimps should be between 10~20, while basom shrimps are between 90~120.