A rundown of the world's 20 most expensive seafoods: how many do you know?

Seafood is a common marine food for us, with a great many varieties, including fish, shrimp, shellfish and other marine products. Not only is it delicious, but it is also rich in nutrients, and it is loved by the public. But some seafoods are not something ordinary people can afford. Nowadays many rare seafoods are very expensive, so what are the 20 most expensive seafoods in the world? Below, the editor will give a rundown.

1. Blue lobster

This all-blue shrimp is extremely rare; it is said that only one is found among two million. Things are precious when they are rare, so its price is also very high, reaching 800 yuan to 1000 yuan per kg.

2. King salmon

This fish comes from New Zealand. It is plump in size and fat and beautiful all over, with silvery-white scales, while the flesh is indeed orange, with not the slightest fishy smell, and extremely delicious. The reason it is expensive is that it is very picky about its growing environment; it can only be found in the waters around Stewart Island in New Zealand, so it is relatively precious.

3. Goose barnacle

In China, this seafood has a very down-to-earth name, called sea chicken feet. Although this seafood can be seen everywhere, the collection process is very dangerous, and the risk factor of manual collection is too high, so naturally the price is also very high, generally selling for 4000 yuan per jin.

4. Red king crab

The price of crabs has always been relatively high, and this crab is very large, reaching up to 10 kg at most, and generally lives in the deep sea below 850 m. Its flesh is extremely delicious, but indeed not many people can finish eating one.

5. Bluefin tuna

Tuna is the aristocrat of the sashimi world, and bluefin tuna is even more the finest of tunas. Its fishing cost is very high, and it is very rare, and its taste is also very delicious. It is a gift from nature. Generally, restaurant owners use it to entertain their most honored guests. A 222 kg one was once caught and sold for 10 million yuan.

6. Chinese splendid lobster

This lobster has a very special appearance, green all over, with black-and-white limbs and quite a few yellow spots, colorful, and generally weighing three to six jin. When a fisherman was once lucky enough to catch this kind of shrimp, he could not recognize what it actually was. Someone once sold it for a sky-high price of 600,000 yuan.

7. Wild large yellow croaker

Although this fish does not have a cool appearance like other expensive seafoods, it is indeed a veritable "tall, rich and handsome" among the wild fish of the East China Sea. The price of each one is above 10,000.

8. Canadian geoduck

The Canadian geoduck is the most expensive among geoduck varieties, with a price per kg reaching 12,000 yuan.

9. Tiger crab

Tiger crab meat is plump and juicy, tender, fragrant and smooth, with much more meat than ordinary crabs, and without the slightest fishy smell. You can even taste a hint of sweetness, and the price is high.

10. Australian lobster

Many people have surely heard of Australian lobster, but those who have actually eaten it are all people with mines at home. It is sturdy in build and tender in flesh, and is an excellent ingredient for wealthy people to entertain guests.

11. Palamos red shrimp

Spanish red shrimp is hailed as a unique ingredient in the world, and Palamos is the top among Mediterranean red shrimp. But the output of this red shrimp is extremely limited, generally only enough for local supply in Spain, and even less can be exported, making it a world-class ingredient. The shrimp brain is extremely sweet, and the shrimp meat is also tender. At present, there is no live product on the Chinese market. Its price is high, and it is not something ordinary consumers can accept.

12. French Belon oyster

The French Belon oyster is simply the finest among oysters. The taste of ordinary oysters is simply not worth mentioning compared with the French Belon oyster. Of course, its price and the price of ordinary oysters are not comparable.

13. Australian large abalone

Australian large abalone is large in size and first-rate in flesh texture, and its flesh is thick. It is very famous in restaurant kitchens around the world, and is an ingredient often chosen by many star chefs. The price is relatively high.

14. Hokkaido red king crab

Hokkaido red king crab is produced in Japan, one of Japan's three famous crabs, and is famous for its beautiful appearance and sweet flesh. Generally, a red king crab weighing about one jin needs ten years to grow to maturity in this pure and pollution-free environment. The quantity is not large, the flavor is unique, and the market price is high.

15. Australian king crab

The Australian king crab is the largest in body size among crabs, produced in Australia in Oceania, with thick and abundant flesh, reaching up to 14 kg at most. Because the Australian king crab is relatively huge, when eating it you can enjoy one crab in many ways, enjoying multiple flavors at once. The price is high.

16. Canadian spot prawn

The spot prawn is the finest of the world's sea shrimp, and because of its bright red color it is hailed as the "peony shrimp". Spot prawn meat is plump, the shrimp body is translucent, very elastic, and rich in protein. On the Chinese market, live spot prawns sell for about 350 yuan per jin, and large shrimp can reach more than 150 g each.

17. Night-light snail

The night-light snail is a giant night-light snail produced in the waters of Okinawa, Japan, with a length of 15 cm-20 cm and a weight generally between 1200 g-1500 g. It is a rare ingredient, and its flesh is incomparably delicious. The night-light snail can be made into sashimi, paired with Okinawan sea grapes, and is a very classic Okinawan delicacy.

18. Tiger puffer

The tiger puffer is recognized as the most delicious king of pufferfish, selected from all pufferfish species, and the sashimi made from it is considered Japan's "king of white-fleshed sashimi". In Japan, eating a tiger puffer set meal costs 5000-6000 yuan.

19. Leopard coral grouper

The leopard coral grouper is one of the representative high-end fish. Its body color is bright, its body is covered with white spots, but its flesh is snow-white and delicate, and incomparably delicious. For such a good ingredient, it is best to use the steaming method, which can best preserve the original flavor of the ingredient.

20. Yellow croaker

The yellow croaker, called golden mi fish and golden fierce fish by people in Fujian and Guangdong, is a fish species unique to China and is regarded as a top-grade tonic, especially its swim bladder (commonly known as "fish maw"), which is extremely precious and has long been said to be "as precious as gold". A US media outlet once published 9 of the world's most expensive foods, among which the golden fierce fish was included.

The above is a rundown of the world's 20 most expensive seafoods. Seafood contains a large amount of protein and minerals. Simply blanching it briefly makes it more delicious than the poultry people usually eat. The above 20 kinds of seafood are scarce in quantity and expensive in price, and can be called the world's 20 most expensive seafoods.

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