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The most familiar to the population in North America, most are categorized by the color of their shell when raw.

Brown Shrimp  With a light brown shell  and flesh that turns a coral color when cooked these shrimp are harvested along the southeast Atlantic coast and along the east and west coasts of Mexico
Black Tiger Shrimp Raised primarily in Asian countries, tigers have become a popular aquaculture variety.  They earned their name from their black and  gray striped shells when raw
Gulf Pink Shrimp With pink like shells these shrimp are caught wild in the Caribbean and around Central America
Gulf White Shrimp  The main variety consumed by the American public are harvested from both the wild and are farm raised.
Chinese White Shrimp Extensively farmed and harvested in China with some aqua cultural production in Taiwan and Japan. The wild variety is harvested off the China Coast.
Rock Shrimp Deep water cousins to the pink, brown, and white shrimp with a very hard shell, they are harvested year round off Florida's Atlantic coast and in some parts of the Gulf of Mexico.

Banana Prawn Brown Shrimp Gulf Pink Shrimp Gulf White Shrimp Chinese White Shrimp Black Tiger Shrimp Japanese Prawn Rock Shrimp

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