Cat tiger Shrimp is also known as the cocktail shrimp or flower shrimp or rainbow shrimp. This medium sized marine species shrimp is well known for its distinctive bold, sweet, firm-textured meat. Black Tiger shrimp is available year-round and is one of Asia’s major aquaculture products. Best quality Head On/Head Less Cat Tiger shrimps block frozen and IQF available at BD Shrimp Trading, Bangladesh.
Cat Tiger has a pale brown body which sometimes shows a greenish tint on the carapace with two yellow or cream tansvers bands across the back of the carapace. The abdomen is banded with brownish grey and pale yellow transverse bands, while the antennae are banded brown and yellow. It has a uniformly smooth carapace and abdomen. The rostrum has 7 or 8 dorsal teeth and 3 ventral teeth. The atrodrostral crest and groove, the carina, extends beyond the epigastral tooth with the post-rostral carina almost reaching to the rear of the carapace. The maximum total length is 180mm for males and 228mm for females, weighing up to 130 g.
Cat Tiger grows in Black Tiger culture ponds and are naturally found in Bangladesh and India. This shrimp is meaty, firm textured and mild in flavor. When cooked, Cat Tiger shrimp turns into a nice pink colour making it very popular in Europe.
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