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Vannamei

Black Tiger

Penaeus monodonGiant Tiger Prawn

The Giant Tiger Prawn: larger, firmer, and banded dark across the shell.

Black Tiger grows larger than Vannamei and is prized for its size and firm bite. We grade and pack it to the same standard, in the same forms.

Forms
HOSO, HLSO, PD, PDTO
Frozen
Block Frozen, IQF
Count grades
6/8 to 151/200 per lb
A live Black Tiger prawn, side on, its dark bands clear across the shell
Representative image

Product forms

Whole, headless or peeled.

Choose a form to see what it keeps. Each is frozen and packed to the specification on your order.

Form
Head
On
Shell
On
Vein
In
Tail
On

Whole shrimp, graded and frozen with the head and shell on.

Count grades

From 6/8 to 151/200 to the pound.

The count is how many pieces make a pound: the lower it is, the larger the shrimp. Each one below is drawn to scale. Which grades we can offer depends on the species, the form and the season.

Count grade

21/25

21 to 25 pieces to the pound, about 18 to 22 g each.

Species
Black Tiger (Penaeus monodon)
Forms
HOSO (head-on, shell-on), HLSO (headless, shell-on), PD (peeled & deveined), PDTO (peeled, deveined, tail-on)
Count grades
6/8 to 151/200 per lb
Freezing
Block Frozen, IQF
Glaze
To the buyer's specification
Packing
6 × 4 lb, 10 × 1 kg, 10 × 2 lb, 1.8 kg block and others to order
Origin
Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India