Katkarapu
Pandalus borealis
#nm_0422📍 Finland
- Language
- Finnish
- Transliteration
- Katkarapu
- IPA
- /ˈkɑtkɑˌrɑpu/
Compound: katka + rapu katka: origin uncertain, rapu: crab ↳ Kotus SES (kaino.kotus.fi/ses/, katka:1) leaves the derivation of katka unresolved; a folk explanation ties it to katketa (to break, snap), for the shrimp's habit of severing fishing lines, rather than to katkaista (to cut) as is sometimes claimed
Northern shrimp, pink shrimp. Cold-water species. Important commercial fishery in Nordic waters.
Same species, different names
KatkarapuFinland
Northern shrimpInternational