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Gaint Fresh Water Prawn with Long Legs Macrobrachium rosenbergii, also known as the giant river prawn, giant freshwater prawn, Malaysian prawn, freshwater scampi (especially in India: in West Bengal it is called golda chingdi), or cherabin, is a species of freshwater shrimp native to the Indo-Pacific region, northern Australia and Southeast Asia. This species (as well as other Macrobrachium) is commercially important for its value as a food source. It is commonly called ulang or uwang in the Philippines. While M. rosenbergii is considered a freshwater species, the larval stage of the animal depends on brackish water Once the individual shrimp has grown beyond the planktonic stage and becomes a juvenile, it will live entirely in fresh water. Macrobrachium rosenbergii is the largest Macrobrachium species. The maximum recorded size for males and females are 33 cm and 29 cm, respectively. The cephalothorax consists of 5 indistinct segments in the head and eight in the thoracic region