属节肢动物门，甲壳纲，十足目，对虾科，对虾属。又称东方对虾。主要分布于我国黄渤海和朝鲜西部沿海。我国的辽宁、河北、山东、及天津市沿海是主要产区.中国明对虾属广温、广盐性、一年生暖水性大型洄游虾类。中国对虾的生活史包括受精卵、胚胎期、无节幼体、蚤状幼体、糠虾幼体、仔虾、幼虾和成虾等阶段。
学名：Fenneropenaeus chinensis
英文名：Chinese prawn
This species belongs to the family of Penaeidae,order of decapoda.Mainly distributed in Chinese Yellow Sea and the western coast of North Korea.Chinese Liaoning, Hebei, Shandong, and Tianjin coastal areas are the main producing areas. Chinese prawn is wide temperature, wide salt, annual migratory shrimp.The life history of Chinese prawn includes fertilized eggs, embryonic stage, nauplii, flea larvae, chlamydia larvae, larvae, juvenile prawn and prawn.