What Type of Lobster/Marine Animal is This?

[VicVicVic]

I was visiting Cambodia, a South East Asian country, and came across a restaurant selling lobsters (I think they're lobsters) with very long, blue claws. My friend, Susie, and I were interested in them and we were wondering what they are called. Another friend actually tasted the water that these lobsters were in and said the water is unsalted/fresh, if that helps.

Thank you for the help.

[The Publisher]

I saw those exact same crustacea on a show in Asia..they were called shrimp....and I too noticed the really long arms and claws.

[VicVicVic]

I actually asked a relative of mine what they were and she, in Chinese, called them shrimp as well. Does anyone know what these are called in English?

[The Publisher]

In English they are called Shrimp! lol. The scientific name for these appears to be Macrobrachium rosenbergii.

[TwistedGray]

The question is...do they taste good

[VicVicVic]

Thanks, The Publisher! With the scientific name you provided, I found the Wikipedia article for this animal here. Looks like its three common names are giant river prawn, the giant freshwater prawn, and the Malaysian prawn. Thank you very much!

[lottie]

Thanks, The Publisher! With the scientific name you provided, I found the Wikipedia article for this animal here. Looks like its three common names are giant river prawn, the giant freshwater prawn, and the Malaysian prawn. Thank you very much!

I was going to say that shrimp are also known as prawns, but saw that you had already found it
- the subtle differences between american-english and british-english (and probably aussie-english)!!