Bamboo shrimp, that is, Japanese shrimp, was first cultured in Japan and is also the most important variety. In recent years, Fujian, Guangdong and other coastal areas in southern China have also begun to cultivate. Bamboo shrimp has blue-brown horizontal spots on its body surface and blue tail tip. The shell is thin and hard and the meat is thick. Shrimp is not big, and the common weight of a single shrimp in the market is between half and one or two.

New shrimp, new shrimp. Penaeus monodon is a kind of freshwater culture and seawater culture. The reason for its name is "the culture around the base". The shape of Neopenaeus monodon is like prawn, but its shell is softer than prawn, and its body is not as big as prawn, generally about the size of middle finger. Guangdong coastal estuaries have high yield, thin body fat shell and delicious and refreshing meat. The young shrimp (below 6cm) of Neopenaeus monodon is dark green to dark green, and the adult shrimp (above 6cm) is light brown, and the body surface is covered with dense light brown spots. Some people in the market use white shrimp (prawn) to pretend to be a new prawn. We should pay attention to the color and spots when choosing.

Grass shrimp, Penaeidae. The frontal angle tooth type is 7 ~ 8/2 ~ 3. There are antenna spines, liver spines and upper stomach teeth in the head and breastplate, but there is no forehead and stomach ridge, and the liver ridge is obvious and straight. The lateral sulcus of frontal angle is short and does not exceed the middle of breastplate. Step five, the foot has no outer limbs. The horizontal spots of dark green, dark brown and light yellow are alternately arranged on the body, forming bright stripes on the abdomen.