My Deep-sea Fishery

The rest of the crew were not idle either.

Some of them found swimming crabs hiding under the fine white sand.

Some people also found large lobsters in the crevices of coral reefs, which are very popular seafood in the market.

Xiang Yang surfaced and asked the people on the deck to put a rope down to pull up the net bag at his waist, then took an empty net bag thrown by the person above and fastened it to his waist, and then went down to the bottom of the sea again.

After going into the sea, Xiang Yang walked around the bottom of the sea. He still didn't like swimming crabs and lobsters. Generally, when he encountered such seafood, he was too lazy to do it himself. Xiang Yang paid more attention to the more precious seafood.

Suddenly, Xiang Yang saw a very strange sea creature with a colorful appearance and bright colors.

At first glance, the creature looks like a shrimp but not like a shrimp. It looks like a delicate flower. Its body color is really beautiful, and its appearance is very cute at first glance.

Xiang Yang looked at it for a long time before he remembered what this marine creature was.

"It turned out to be a starfish shrimp." Xiang Yang smiled dumbly. The starfish shrimp is a very cute creature. Even when it stretches its teeth and claws, it will only make people feel cute, not scary. It is also called boxing shrimp. It is found in the southern waters of my country all the way to the Philippines. are distributed.

Xiang Yang swam over, grabbed a starfish shrimp about half the size of a palm, and looked at it carefully.

Starfish shrimps are a kind of small shrimps. They don’t grow very big, and the largest ones are less than ten centimeters long. Because they often appear in sea areas where starfish are distributed, they are called starfish shrimps.

The body of the starfish shrimp that Xiang Yang is holding is mainly white, and the white background is covered with extremely brightly colored spots.

These spots are really bright and conspicuous, and there are many kinds of colors. Xiang Yang saw at least a dozen colors including red, wine, lavender, purple, and gray at a glance.

What surprised Xiang Yang was that the color of the spots on the starfish shrimp, even the gray and black spots, were very beautiful and eye-catching.

At this time, Fang Youqun swam to Xiang Yang's vicinity. He looked at Xiang Yang's hand in amazement, gesticulated with dancing, and asked Xiang Yang what he was holding.

Xiang Yang smiled, squatted down, and scratched on the fine white sand: "Starfish."

Fang Youqun stared at the shrimp curiously for a while, then imitated Xiang Yang and wrote on the sea sand: "This shrimp looks like a cow!"

Fang Youqun didn't say that Xiang Yang didn't feel it yet, but after Fang Youqun reminded him, Xiang Yang found out that it was true. If you look carefully, this starfish shrimp really looks like a cow.

Of course, it’s just the base color, starfish shrimp and cows both have a milky white base color.

But the spots on the body are nothing like it.

The spots on cows are usually black, some are brown, and the color is very monotonous.

The color of the spots on the starfish shrimp can really be described by neon lights. It is not only colorful, but also bright and shining like neon lights.

Fang Youqun danced and danced again, he made gestures for a long time before Xiang Yang finally understood the meaning of his gestures.

It turned out that Fang Youqun was asking where the shrimp was caught.

Xiang Yang pointed to the coral reef under his feet, indicating that he found it inside the coral reef.

Starfish prawns are quite valuable, their bright colors make them worth a lot of money, Xiang Yang still doesn't mind the crew spending a little time looking for starfish prawns.

But Fang Youqun didn't move, he continued to dance, and asked Xiang Yang whether the shrimp was worth money or not in sign language.

Xiang Yang nodded affirmatively, catching this kind of starfish shrimp is much more profitable than catching swimming crabs.

After getting Xiang Yang's affirmative answer, Fang Youqun hurriedly drilled into the coral reef.

Xiang Yang continued to look at the starfish shrimp in his hand.

He found that the antennae of the starfish shrimp are very distinctive, and the starfish shrimp has two pairs of antennae.

The first pair of antennae are flattened and twisted at the ends.

The second pair of tentacles are also flat, but very wide, like two shields.

Xiang Yang flicked the two shield-like tentacles with his fingers.

Each organ of each creature evolves slowly according to its survival needs, and generally there will be no redundant organs.

But starfish shrimp don't.

The tentacles of starfish shrimp are really pure decorations, rather than acting as a balancer like other shrimps.

Because starfish hardly swim.

It is also worth mentioning that starfish shrimps are one of the few shrimps in the ocean that can change their feeding habits.

When the starfish changes its feeding habits, its shape will also undergo earth-shaking changes, just like the transformation of Transformers.

In addition, starfish in different regions have different body colors. Among them, the most common color of starfish in my country's waters is milky white with dark purple spots, while the color of starfish in Hawaii is generally reddish purple.

Xiang Yang searched around and found more than a dozen starfish shrimps before starting to swim up the water.

The crew members working overtime saw that Xiang Yang had surfaced, and quickly threw a body down, shouting: "Captain, tie the net bag to the rope, and I will help you pull it up."

Xiang Yang shook his head, and swam towards the hanging ladder with his net bag.

Starfish shrimp is a kind of rare ornamental fish. Xiang Yang is worried that the general crew will not handle it well, so he has to go to the deck to deal with it himself.

After Xiang Yang climbed onto the deck, he didn't dare to delay, and ordered the crew on the deck to bring him a water tank as quickly as possible.

"Captain, this shrimp is so beautiful." The crew member said in amazement.

"Hehe, it's not only beautiful, it's also fierce." Xiang Yang laughed.

The favorite food of starfish shrimps is starfish, and when they hunt starfish, they usually hunt together in two.

Two starfish are usually a pair.

Starfish shrimps have a sense of family responsibility. The couple will live together in a small hole in the reef. Usually, the female shrimp is slightly larger than the male shrimp.

Starfish hunting is generally done by males identifying prey.

Once the male has identified the prey, the two starfish will team up and attack the prey together.

First, the male starfish shrimp, which is relatively more powerful, is responsible for cutting off the soft sucker feet of the starfish, while the female shrimp keeps trying to turn the starfish over by pulling.

Starfish shrimp, whether they are male or female, are very fierce and dare to fight. They are usually able to win against starfish that are much larger than them.

In addition, starfish shrimps have well-developed mouthparts and a pair of strong and large pincers that are almost as wide as the body, which are their capital to dare to fight starfish.

As long as the starfish is unfortunately turned over by the female shrimp, basically it can only be a meal for the starfish couple.

The large pincers of starfish shrimp can easily pierce the outer skin of starfish.