Tahitian Prawn | Macrobrachium lar

[Wailua Boy]

Introduced to Hawaii in 1956. They were introduced to a few streams but because of their planktonic larvae stage they soon became established on all islands. They can reach 6 inches in length.





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[Wailua Boy]

Their larvae can be raised in straight seawater.

 

[krichardson]

Interesting,I'm not sure if they are the same species but a few years ago a shop here had some prawn that looked like those.

 

[Wailua Boy]

Interesting,I'm not sure if they are the same species but a few years ago a shop here had some prawn that looked like those.

Could be or M. rosenbergii which will hit 12 in and look similar. They all are on the do not import list here, so Im not too familiar.

 

[Wailua Boy]

A gift for a cichlid.

 

[Galantspeedz]

looks similar to the thailand freshwater prawn

 

[Boomer1224]

wow I never knew prawn get so big