Not the crab called hairy crab, but the Yangtze River out of the river crab is called the hairy crab, hairy crab is not a scientific name, not the official name.

The hairy crab is a kind of river crab, river crab scientific name Chinese mitten crab. In our country from the north of Liao Henan to the Pearl River, the long coastline is widely distributed, of which the Yangtze River system has the largest production, the most delicious taste. Generally speaking, the hairy crab refers to the Yangtze River system of Chinese mitten crab.

In the past, hairy crabs were born offshore at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and after growing into young crabs, they migrated against the Yangtze River and grew in the lakes, rivers, harbors and branches along the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

The origin of the name "hairy crab": it is said that before catching crabs, bamboo sticks and straw are used to build a big gate, and nets are laid on one side of the gate, and horse lights are lit up at night, and the crabs in the lake are tempted to swim towards the gate to guard and put into the nets, so there is a "hairy crab" in the name of "hairy crab".