Langoustine

Nephrops norvegicus, the Norway lobster, is a slim, coral-colored lobster in the family Nephropidae, reaching about 18 to 20 centimeters in length, exceptionally up to 25 centimeters, with a narrower body than its larger relative Homarus and distinctively kidney-shaped compound eyes. It inhabits the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean and North Sea from Iceland and northern Norway south to Portugal, as well as the Mediterranean Sea, particularly the Adriatic, though it is absent from the Baltic and Black Seas, and its populations are highly fragmented into more than 30 groups separated by unsuitable seabed sediment. Its muscular tail is frequently eaten, its meat known as scampi or langoustine, a relatively recent culinary development since British fishermen once discarded the animal as uneconomical; today its fishery is one of Europe's most economically significant, with about 60,000 tonnes caught annually, predominantly in United Kingdom waters.