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Giant Freshwater Prawn

Prawn (Giant Freshwater)

Family: Palaemonid

Scientific name: Macrobrachium rosenbergii

 

It is one of the biggest freshwater prawns in the world. It is also known as the Malaysian prawn, freshwater Scampi (India), or Cherabin (Australia). Golda Chingri (Bangladesh), Udang (Indonesia), Ulang (Philippines), and Koong Ghram Gram (Thailand).

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