Indian bait prawn (Palaemon pacificus)
A small marine shrimp species found in coastal waters of Japan and the Indo-Pacific; often used as fishing bait.
I caught some Indian bait prawns at the rocky shore and used them as fishing bait.
Standard katakana spelling; the word is usually written in kana.
Kanji spelling using 蝦 for 'shrimp'; rarely used in practice.
Kanji spelling using 海老 for 'shrimp'; rarely used in practice.
Compound of 磯 (iso, 'rocky shore') + 筋 (suji, 'stripe') + 蝦/海老 (ebi, 'shrimp'), referring to a striped shrimp found near rocky shores.