Prawn type

[seastorm]

Can anyone tell me what type of prawn this is

[tunaticer]

Looks like cheribin to me.

[SHOOTER1]

Yep Cheribin

[hally]

Yep sure does look like a cherabin

[Aussie123]

They are the macrobrachium australiense

[fisher28]

the lower one 1 i would call a shrimp,the upper one is a banana prawn.

[Freeeedom]

Agree with Aussie123 - they are freshwater prawns of the genus Macrobrachium (which means big arms). The top one is probably a female, as they often have no enlarged claws or smaller ones than males. I often catch them when cast netting in the creeks, especially around rocky areas. Although they are a freshwater prawn they are found in brackish water which in some species is necessary for their reproduction. There are about 200 species all up and are generally called giant freshwater prawns (or shrimp), long armed river prawns, cherabin (a few different spellings of this) or freshwater scampi. The large Northern Australian species (cherabin) is Macrobrachium rosenbergii which is also found through South-east Asia and is widely farmed world wide, with annual production over 200,000 tonnes in 2002. Individual males can grow to over 30cm and weigh over 500g - now that would be a decent live bait!
Cheers Freeeedom

[Todddo]

Individual males can grow to over 30cm and weigh over 500g - now that would be a decent live bait!
Cheers Freeeedom

I think the fish would be to scared to eat a 30cm prawn!! wow!

[Horse]

They are the macrobrachium australiense

I think Aussie and Freeeedom are on the money if they came from SEQ. Cherabin (macrobrachium Rosenbergii) are a northern species

[fisher28]

seastorm,where did you catch them?i am absolutley posative the top one is a small banana prawn.it has spots like a juvenile banana and a different coloured tail to the shrimp.different little leggies,different eyes,different antenna.just different all over.

[royslaven]

Agree with Aussie123 - they are freshwater prawns of the genus Macrobrachium (which means big arms). The top one is probably a female, as they often have no enlarged claws or smaller ones than males. I often catch them when cast netting in the creeks, especially around rocky areas. Although they are a freshwater prawn they are found in brackish water which in some species is necessary for their reproduction. There are about 200 species all up and are generally called giant freshwater prawns (or shrimp), long armed river prawns, cherabin (a few different spellings of this) or freshwater scampi. The large Northern Australian species (cherabin) is Macrobrachium rosenbergii which is also found through South-east Asia and is widely farmed world wide, with annual production over 200,000 tonnes in 2002. Individual males can grow to over 30cm and weigh over 500g - now that would be a decent live bait!
Cheers Freeeedom

Geez freedom , can,t you try and give us abit more info than that, poor effort mate, ha ha , great answer, cheers roy