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Spot Prawns & Coon Strip Shrimp Species Description: The Spot Prawn, "Pandalus platyceros", is the largest of the Pandalid shrimp. Its range extends from Baja, California to the Aleutian Islands of Alaska and around to the Sea of Japan and the Korea Strait. The Spot Prawn is a hermaphrodite: they start life as a male, and by their third or fourth year of growth, they change sex. They tend to inhabit rocky, hard bottom areas, including the edges of marine canyons, rocky pinnacles and coral reefs, but their known distribution is patchy, and populations are discrete, so catching them can be tricky. A quality Spot Prawn should have a nice hard shell with little flexibility; this can be checked by pinching the body area. Live, healthy Spot Prawns are a green to orange color with a nice, translucent sheen. The head is striped, with spots on the tail. As they get weaker, their color becomes more orange-red. Likewise, absolutely fresh spot prawn tails should have a firm texture and opaque sheen, rather than being soft and chalky in color. Live Spot Prawns tend to have a 48-52% recovery rate for tails, and 90% for whole-cooked.

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Last modified: Aug.21, 2007