{"id":6610,"date":"2025-03-11T16:27:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T07:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&#038;p=6610"},"modified":"2025-10-27T17:00:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T08:00:29","slug":"jack-knife-shrimp-higenagaebi","status":"publish","type":"jetpack-portfolio","link":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/jack-knife-shrimp-higenagaebi","title":{"rendered":"Jack-knife shrimp (Higenagaebi)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jack-knife shrimp (Higenagaebi) are widely distributed in the tropical western Pacific Ocean, from Suruga Bay to southeastern Australia. They live on the sandy bottoms of the deep sea, at depths of 200-600m. Adult jack-knife shrimp are around 15cm long, with some reaching 20cm. Their body color is a pinkish orange.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Higenagaebi have a strong sweet flavor and a sticky texture. It is mainly caught in deep-sea trawls and eaten raw or deep-fried. It is a relatively common deep-sea shrimp and its meat is good, so it is an important food source in the areas where it is caught.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It is widely caught off the coast of Akune and Makurazaki in Kagoshima Prefecture, and it is especially common in the area where hot springs gush out from the seabed. The fishing of this shrimp begins in April.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6612\" style=\"width: 461px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6612\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6612\" src=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/03\/Jack-knife-shrimp-Higenagaebi.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Jack-knife shrimp (Higenagaebi)\" width=\"461\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/03\/Jack-knife-shrimp-Higenagaebi.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/03\/Jack-knife-shrimp-Higenagaebi-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/03\/Jack-knife-shrimp-Higenagaebi-270x180.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The appearance of Jack-knife shrimp (Higenagaebi)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Common name: Royal red prawn, Pink prawn<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Japanese name: Higenagaebi (\u9b1a\u9577\u8766)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Taiwan common name: \uff0d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Chinese common name: \uff0d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Korean common name: \uff0d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">French common name: Salicoque canif<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">German common name: Rote Messergarnele<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Spanish common name: Camar\u00f3n cortapluma<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Scientific name: <span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Haliporoides sibogae (De Man,1911)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6613\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6613\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6613\" src=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/03\/Jack-knife-shrimp-Higenagaebi-nigiri.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Jack-knife shrimp (Higenagaebi) nigiri\" width=\"460\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/03\/Jack-knife-shrimp-Higenagaebi-nigiri.jpg 480w, https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/03\/Jack-knife-shrimp-Higenagaebi-nigiri-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/03\/Jack-knife-shrimp-Higenagaebi-nigiri-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/03\/Jack-knife-shrimp-Higenagaebi-nigiri-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The appearance of Jack-knife shrimp (Higenagaebi) nigiri<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Nigiri sushi detail: Jack-knife shrimp (Higenagaebi) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nigiri sushi<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jack-knife shrimp (Higenagaebi) are widely distributed in the tropical western Pacific Ocean, from Suruga Bay to southeastern Australia. They live on the sandy bottoms of the deep sea, at depths of 200-600m. Adult jack-knife shrimp are around 15cm long, with some reaching 20cm. Their body color is a pinkish orange. Higenagaebi have a strong sweet flavor and a sticky texture. It is mainly caught in deep-sea trawls and eaten raw or deep-fried. It is a relatively common deep-sea shrimp and its meat is good, so it is an important food source in the areas where it is caught. It is widely caught off the coast of Akune and Makurazaki in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"jetpack-portfolio-type":[166],"jetpack-portfolio-tag":[169],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/6610"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/jetpack-portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6610"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/6610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8154,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/6610\/revisions\/8154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jetpack-portfolio-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio-type?post=6610"},{"taxonomy":"jetpack-portfolio-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio-tag?post=6610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}